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JayDee, I thought the article was pretty clear on total costs of the Prius, but perhaps it wasn’t.
FWIW: I agree that Prius owners can be annoyingly smug. They’re certainly not singlehandedly saving the planet as some of them seem to think. But on the other hand, at least they’re trying to do something about the problem of greenhouse gases. And I’ve got to respect that.
When I see some people (not you) shooting down every effort to save energy or develop alternative sources I gotta wonder: Are these folks really interested in finding solutions . . . or do they just want to make sure nobody else does?
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On your statement that “electrons aren’t free” . . . That’s true in one sense, but it can be misleading. When I think about energy conservation, I always look at relative costs, not absolute ones. But perhaps that’s what you’re thinking here too. I guess it gets back to the question of how much energy the Prius uses overall, doesn’t it?
If the Prius turns out to be an energy waster, then any electrons it uses will be “expensive” ones. On the other hand, if it turns out to be a energy saver, then those electrons will have been very cheap indeed.
How cheap exactly? Too cheap to meter?
Oh, I wouldn’t go that far.
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