Comments on: eco-math http://delackner.com/blog/2007/03/eco-math/ ideas to share with friends new and old Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:18:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Will http://delackner.com/blog/2007/03/eco-math/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Will Mon, 21 May 2007 19:45:47 +0000 http://delackner.com/blog/2007/03/eco-math/#comment-14 Yeah, I believe this. Especially because when in doubt price is a good starting way to measure things, and as moosers have pointed out repeatedly, the cost savings in driving a hybrid take a longass time to get back the extra money the car costs in the first place. So obviously hybrids as they come off the lot now aren't really a benefit to mankind, just another neatly engineered toy. The future though is in better batteries and _plugging them in_. Good urbanites like myself have commutes less than 15 miles, so if I could plug my car in at home and at work then my gas usage would drop by a factor of about 100. And of course that electricity could come from whatever happy carbon-free energy producing process you like. Wind, nuclear, reclaimed heat emitted from global warming deniers who just won't give up, etc. Yeah, I believe this. Especially because when in doubt price is a good starting way to measure things, and as moosers have pointed out repeatedly, the cost savings in driving a hybrid take a longass time to get back the extra money the car costs in the first place.

So obviously hybrids as they come off the lot now aren’t really a benefit to mankind, just another neatly engineered toy. The future though is in better batteries and _plugging them in_. Good urbanites like myself have commutes less than 15 miles, so if I could plug my car in at home and at work then my gas usage would drop by a factor of about 100. And of course that electricity could come from whatever happy carbon-free energy producing process you like. Wind, nuclear, reclaimed heat emitted from global warming deniers who just won’t give up, etc.

]]> By: seth http://delackner.com/blog/2007/03/eco-math/comment-page-1/#comment-13 seth Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:57:15 +0000 http://delackner.com/blog/2007/03/eco-math/#comment-13 Well, at least there are two of us. Well, at least there are two of us.

]]> By: William Cross http://delackner.com/blog/2007/03/eco-math/comment-page-1/#comment-12 William Cross Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:10:05 +0000 http://delackner.com/blog/2007/03/eco-math/#comment-12 Dude, I'm starting to think I'm the only one who posts comments on your blog. -Wil Dude, I’m starting to think I’m the only one who posts comments on your blog.

-Wil

]]> By: William Cross http://delackner.com/blog/2007/03/eco-math/comment-page-1/#comment-11 William Cross Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:52:29 +0000 http://delackner.com/blog/2007/03/eco-math/#comment-11 Scary thought, isn't it? I'm glad I've got a camry. Scary thought, isn’t it? I’m glad I’ve got a camry.

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