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Originally Posted by Cd
They would be the type to put a hemi V8 in a Prius, because doing so would be polar opposite of what is considered responsible.
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Not exactly. A hemi V8-swapped Prius (assuming there were no batteries from the get-go) would probably need to take 80,000 miles of driving before the equivalent lead-acid hybrid would actually overtake the environmental friendliness.
The V8 would be more friendly until it hit quite a bit of mileage. Then it would offset the emissions produced by battery manufacture, and the hybrid would take the lead.
Also, purchasing something that's "environmentally responsible" is worse than staying with the stuff you already have. I hate it when people have 4-odd reusable water bottles or choose "organic" products over efficiently mass-produced ones. God damn it, people shouldn't let ads do
their research for them.