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Originally Posted by Biodiesel300TD
Well those numbers aren't totally truthful  . They are the milage I get on the fuel I pay for. |
Ah. We'll have to add a field to the garage to exclude your car from the "top 10" lists then, or there will be no end to the griping.
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In my opinion it's really not different that a hybrid. The gas engine in a hybrid doesn't get 60mpg on it's own, but when the car is supplemented by it's electric power it gets 60mpg. It's using a separate onboard fuel source, and so am I.
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That would be true if the hybrid is a plug-in variety that takes energy from the grid to store in the batteries for the next drive.
But "regular" hybrids (Prius, etc.) get ALL their energy from gasoline. They're able to
recover some of the gasoline's energy through regeneration that would otherwise be wasted. But it's a 100% closed system, 100% fossil fuel powered.