The economics of Hybrids

Posted on October 29, 2007
Filed Under All, Green Tech |

Good article on WSJ.com on the current state of hybrids. On the one hand, they really do use less fuel and reduce your carbon footprint. On the other, payback times are long, given current US fuel prices (but better in Europe where fuel is heavily taxed). I love our Ford Escape Hybrid… it replaces a Land Rover that got half its 30 MPG…

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2 Responses to “The economics of Hybrids”

  1. j. Dirte on October 29th, 2007 5:55 pm

    Yes but their exhaust doesn’t have the same enticing bouquet as the vegetable-oil-powered Mercedes…for some reason I crave fish’n'chips whenever one of them drives by.

  2. Anonymous on October 30th, 2007 10:22 am

    With gas headed for $8 in 3 years, hybrids may actually become economical, unless the price of cars doubles too.

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