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Re: Yes, hybrids can mean savings
Even simpler, assuming fuel costs at $2.50 per gallon and never changing,
and a "regular" car giving 35 mpg while a hybrid turns out 45 mpg, the
regular car costs $0.071 per mile to operate, the hybrid costs $.055. The
savings is $.016 per mile. At that rate and a fixed cost of $2.50, it would
take 812,500 miles to recover the added cost of the hybrid, assuming a
$13,000 price premium for the feature.
It doesn't matter much what the price of fuel is since we are comparing the
difference in per mile operating costs for the fuel alone. Add in the cost
of the batteries and it becomes clear to me that one ought not buy a hybrid
because it gets better fuel mileage. One buys a hybrid because they want to
help the environment. Having said that, I wonder if it takes more energy to
build a hybrid than a regular car. Hmmm ...
"Jim Higgins" <gordian238@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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