Larsen E Whipsnade
2009-02-11 22:36:15
G Alston:
“Boomer was referring to factoring electricity from the grid for plug-in technology.”
Actually, Boomer said it was “fraud” to average the cost of gas burned over the entire trip if part of the trip was on battery power.
That’s the bit I’m objecting to. It’s NOT fraud. It’s no more fraudulent than your idea of “cost per mile”. The cost of driving a hybrid (excepting maintenance, etc) is the cost of the GAS, no matter how much coasting or battery cruising you do.
Boomer is so self-righteous that he doesn’t see how transparent and bogus his ideas are. But he does write well. And that’s the really scary part of much of green advocacy.
