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Old 08-09-2010, 05:10 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
Of course building something like a modernised 5th gen Civic - or even keeping one going these days - would take less resources than either.
CNW Marketing did the same 'treatment' to the Civic:
Civic Hybrid - 113,000 miles (CNW claim) - 45.3 mpg (114 vehicles)
Civic - 178,000 miles (CNW claim) - 34.1 mpg (22 vehicles) or 31.5 (112 vehicles)
These were for the 2006 Civics. As long as the operational energy costs remain 3-4 times more than the build cost, the differences between vehicle construction energy becomes vanishingly small.

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