[Uncledave]

Shikha Dalmia

[vpintheak]

It is amazing what a little research and common sense will do isn't it?

[ConservativeMind]

I love her article and I think I love her...

[Panzerfaust]

Great writer and beautiful to boot!

[cyberaxe]

.....just doin my part for the environment.....

.....(LOL).....

[Onelifetogive]

But the biggest reason why a Hummer's energy use is so low is that it shares many components with other vehicles and therefore its design and development energy costs are spread across many cars.

It is not possible to do this with a specialty product like hybrid.

This is somewhat bogus logic. It implies that if nearly all cars were hybrids, they be the cheapest ones and Hummers would be "speciality".

We can't avoid adotping new things simply because they are not common yet!

I AM NO FAN OF HYBRIDS....just commenting on her logic.

[watchin]

Gotta love it. Put a bumper sticker on that Hummer, too.

"This vehicle powered by organic fuel"

Crude oil is an organic substance, isn't it?

[martin_fierro]

[Uncledave]

Wow, ten posts and no "hummer" comment regarding her picture.

[HEY4QDEMS]

I love hummers, both kinds.

[RoadTest]

Phhhhhdddttttt Bill Ford! You guys build more humungous hippo vehicles than anybody.

[r9etb]

mega-million dollar ad campaign

Hmmmmm.....

Do we really believe that Ford was planning to spend $1 trillion on an ad campaign?

Gotta love those media types who think words like "mega" are nothing more than meaningless superlatives....

[lormand]

Bill Ford - Idiot

[newgeezer]

Frankly, I don't care what she thinks. Hummers s*ck!

[Gone GF]

I have no desire to buy a hybrid but this is some pretty tortured logic. A Hummer is expensive to buy, expensive to operate, and, a fact that I don't see in here, has the highest rate of repairs per 100 vehicles of ANY make sold in the U.S. It's hard to imagine one going 300,000 miles without a whole lot of repair shop time.

[KarlInOhio]

I'm having problems with these numbers. If the Prius costs $3.25 / mile for a 100,000 mile life, that means the total cost is $325,000. If gas is at $3/gallon for 40 mile/gal, that's $7,500 of gas in a lifetime leaving $317,500 in non-gasoline costs. Assuming the car is made of pure energy (absolutely nothing in it can be attributed to a non-energy cost) and costs $25,000 (might be a little high) you're left with $292,500 of energy costs not associated with manufacture or use. Some is for disposal. Some is for the energy to make repair and maintenance parts. But there is no way in the world you can say that those add up to over $290k. I rank this with proving you can flap your arms and fly around the room with a little math. The numbers don't add up.

(after a quick look at the report, it looks like most of that cost is for the disposal of the car. I have my doubts.)

[NRA2BFree]

Now here's a catchy slogan for the next Save the Earth campaign: Have you hugged a Hummer today?

I appreciate the research on the Hummer. I've seriously been thinking about buying a Hummer II. This is good information to know. My Explorer already irritates the heck out of the Environ_MENTAL_ wackos, but it gives me chills just thinking about how upset they will get when they see me driving a Hummer. LOL

[muleskinner]

This article will cause the environmentalists to jump like a frenchman.

[Doohickey]

Never mind that at the time Ford was losing $2,000 to $3,000 for every hybrid it sold because consumers won't pay the entire $6,000

She lost her credibility right there. Ford makes one hybrid model, and it's an SUV. The price premium is $3,000 over a comparably equipped gas-only model. And, Ford doesn't have to sell them at a loss because they can't keep them in stock.

[Comico Atómico]

Several problems with the logic of this article have already been pointed out up-thread.

It should also be pointed out that what we are short of is not energy, it's petroleum. Any energy requirements that can be met from nuclear, coal, solar or hydro should be deleted from both sides of the comparison.

Look, anyone who can afford one is welcome to buy a Hummer as far as I'm concerned.

But don't insult my intelligence by claiming they are an energy efficient means of transport....unless you routinely load yours to full capacity and run them off-road.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Hybrids have been in use in the US since 1918. The first application was the diesel electric locomotive.

Early diesel-electrics were switching engines used to move rail cars around in rail yards. The first went into service in 1918 with the Jay Street Connecting Railroad.

No new ideas, just revamped old ideas...