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Originally Posted by roflwaffle
The comparison of environmental damage done isn't accurate either. Specifically, the excess steel/chrome used in the H3, which conveniently isn't looked at. The most common type of steel used contains ~6-22% Nickel, which means that only 500lbs of extra steel with the minimum in terms of Nickel contains enough Nickel to equal all the Nickel in the Prius' pack. Considering the H3 weighs nearly a ton more than a Prius, it probably has more than 500lbs of extra steel, not counting more chrome (wheels).
The CNW Marketing "study" is just marketing. It isn't even up to the rigor of junk science... 
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I was just looking that up, and you beat me to it.
Also, nickel plating (with electricity, probably from coal/petro fired plants... LOL) is used before chrome plating, to smooth the surfaces and fill imperfections.
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