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Old 09-16-2010, 06:45 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Err... Why do you think that? Seems to me they fit right in. An interior that's all plastic/synthetic uses lots of fossil carbon, one made of wood & leather (and other natural fabrics) doesn't.
Supposedly (according to people who may have an agenda of their own--being vegetarians and all that), since leather requires cows to be raised, then slaughtered, it drives the CO2 footprint of the hybrid up. I don't personally have any proof one way or the other--it's just an assertion thrown at me whose truth I cannot immediately discern.
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