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The guy is correct about one thing, cleaning up the smog lingering over Los Angeles isn't free and clear. Somebody is always paying the price for building, and recycling such vehicles as hybrid cars. Batteries are extremely hazardous and hard to dispose of. Just because the car gets 50 mpg now, doesn't mean that you are not putting a HUGE negative impact on the environment when someday that vehicle with equivalent to 15 batteries worth of scrap need to be disposed of. Maybe you won't be the owner of it, so you can wipe your hands clean but rest assure someday, all vehicles will be in a junkyard and dead.
I am not good enough at math to disprove what the guy said about the H3 having less of an impact on the environment - but I wouldn't try because the mathematics necessary to determine the overall impact from birth, to recycling of a vehicle are extreme.
His theory has weight to it, in the fact that most people are not capable of figuring out all the part of the equation. Hybrid drivers take offense to such findings, however the truth hurts. I don't doubt for 1 second that to make, drive, and recycle an H3 is more environmentally friendly than a Prius because of the eletronic components aboard.
You may be getting 50% less fuel economy, and spending more money on fuel over the life of the vehicle - but thats NOT what this guy is telling you here. He is telling you that from the concept drawing, to the disposal of the basic components it's more detrimental to the planet to make a hybrid car.
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