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Old 09-08-2009, 01:21 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Sorry Hermie, I guess you missed the debunking.

TOTALLY DEBUNKED MONTHS AGO!!!!!!!!

Public relations company did the "study".

It is true that building ANY new car consumes a lot of energy. But this report is so full of manure that I can smell it from here.

The point about the nickel mine is true, I'ts a wasteland. BUT: I'll make the same point Christ does: Lots of nickel used in the chrome on a Hummer and the nickel in the batteries can be recycled. The nickel under the chrome? not so much.
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