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raistlin · Posted 08 Oct 2014, 16:31 #1

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4230216.ece

PaulT · Posted 08 Oct 2014, 22:14 #2

Sooner or later there will be a man walking in front of each car, not with a red flag but a canary in a cage. If the canary dies then all traffic must stop.

Devilish · Posted 09 Oct 2014, 07:09 #3

So what about eco's doing a gazillion to the gallon and hybrids running on battery who pay practically no tax, they should be able to drive at 70mph then.

PaulT · Posted 09 Oct 2014, 07:37 #4

What about the pollution making the batteries

Duncan · Posted 12 Oct 2014, 18:00 #5

PaulT wrote:What about the pollution making the batteries

Or the pollution making the electricity to charge them?

raistlin · Posted 12 Oct 2014, 18:50 #6

Or the pollution in disposing of the batteries... OR the fact that it can cost Â£4000 to replace them... ouch.

PaulT · Posted 13 Oct 2014, 08:48 #7

Toyotas Prius when first sold had a 5 year warranty on the batteries that they subsequently dropped to 4 years about 3 years ago.

Owners may not be so smug when it comes to replacing them and without looking I presume that residuals drop dramatically with age.

It is all 'brush it under the carpet' stuff. Looks good superficially but take the whole in to account and somewhat different.

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