Hybrids arent clean cars

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thread starter Turtlemuscle Jun 29 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

So everyone thinks hybrids are clean cars. What your forgetting is, It RUNS ON ELECTRICITY. How is our electricity made.... BURNING COAL, How can Hybrids be cleaner if were still burning stuff for electricity. To make the electricity is equal to burning gas in a reqular car. Dont buy hybrids UNTIL we have found a way to make clean elcetricity.

IKEA12311 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You forget that hybrids use both gas and electricity. They dont rely completely on electricity. This means that they still pollute. Hence the name, "hybrid". And electricity isnt all made from buring coal. You can use renewable energy and transfer it to a battery.

Lelouch Jun 29 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

IKEA12311 said: "You forget that hybrids use both gas and electricity. They dont rely completely on electricity. This means that they still pollute. Hence the name, "hybrid". And electricity isnt all made from buring coal. You can use renewable energy and transfer it to a battery." This. Plus there is no such as a 100% efficient car. Hybrids are deemed cleaner because it's more efficient than a regular car that runs on gasoline.

Scizaero 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Feed the car mushrooms.

lilbabyviet 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Windpower? Canal Powered? Geothermal energy?

LightStruck 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

They're more efficient.

Aznl 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

duh. Fuel cells are the way to go.

LightStepper 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

lol @ canal powered (you mean hydroelectricity)

GreyBlobb 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Incorrect, hybrids can switch between the two energy sources to create most efficient use of it. Basically if a hybrid is on idle it won't burn up as much energy and of course there are much more other concepts to these hybrids that have been implemented.

Maven5 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Lelouch said: " This. Plus there is no such as a 100% efficient car. Hybrids are deemed cleaner because it's more efficient than a regular car that runs on gasoline." Yes there is, solar powered cars...

strongdude 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hybrid cars charge electricity while they aren't moving. They also use electricity when starting up the car, where the car actually uses 90% of the gas/fuel for a average 15 minute car drive. When they use electricity in the start-up period, they are 10x more efficient.

Aznl 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Maven5 said: " Yes there is, solar powered cars..." wat

GreyBlobb 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Maven5 said: " Yes there is, solar powered cars..." Solar cells die out in time and after they're dead it's extremely difficult to destroy them, so all in all solar cars are inefficient (makes extremely little energy) and once dead pose a big problem.

aznegglover 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

..that isn't how you make electricity

Maven5 06/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

GreyBlobb said: " Solar cells die out in time and after they're dead it's extremely difficult to destroy them, so all in all solar cars are inefficient (makes extremely little energy) and once dead pose a big problem." Why would you destroy them, just reuse/recycle them... Make like soda cans out of them, I don't care