Slate: New Prius has smaller carbon footprint than even a used car

Code Blue · 07-09-2008, 05:20 PM

Comparing apples to apples is difficult, but this comparison takes a lot into account:

Is it more energy-efficient to buy a used car than a brand-new hybrid? - By Brendan I. Koerner - Slate Magazine

**efusco** · 07-09-2008, 05:55 PM

NICE!!! Very very nicely done.

miscrms · 07-09-2008, 07:18 PM

Unusually reasonable article :-) Have to keep an eye on that guy, hadn't seen his articles before.

Rob

micheal · 07-09-2008, 08:04 PM

Second that, very well done. Would have been nice to do a Matrix than a Corolla or compare it to Camry in addition to Corolla, but that seems to be the prevailing comparison group (even it really shouldn't be).

Seems like several of the slate articles try to look at both sides of the issue.

kcpistol · 07-09-2008, 11:34 PM

Not only is the article well done, there is a link inside to a nice refutation of the dust-to-dust gibberish that seems to resurface with the frequency of a zombie in a "b" movie. So its doubly good.

Fred_H · 07-10-2008, 06:44 AM

When you buy a used car, you snatch it away from the next used car buyer, who also snatches one from the next, and so forth, until the last buyer is stuck with the worst car on the lot. He buys it because he can only afford the very cheapest, and saves it from the shredder.

When you buy a new car, the used car buyers get another better car to choose from, and at the end of the day, the worst car on the lot gets sent to the shredder to make room for the better used cars.

So, as long as there are cars like some of these dirty old gas guzzlers for sale, then sell your old car as soon as you can afford a new Prius. Flood the market with more environmentally friendly cars and bump those dirty old gas guzzlers off the lots and into the shredders (to be recycled of course).

cobraz · 07-10-2008, 01:01 PM

Nice !!! Finally - I can end those arguments at work vs buying a $14,000 Hyundai.

07-09-2008, 05:20 PM	#1
Code Blue Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 39 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Slate: New Prius has smaller carbon footprint than even a used car Comparing apples to apples is difficult, but this comparison takes a lot into account: Is it more energy-efficient to buy a used car than a brand-new hybrid? - By Brendan I. Koerner - Slate Magazine

07-09-2008, 05:55 PM	#2
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 14,056 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 1 Time in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 23	Re: Slate: New Prius has smaller carbon footprint than even a used car NICE!!! Very very nicely done.

07-09-2008, 07:18 PM	#3
miscrms Plug Envious Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,081 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 2	Re: Slate: New Prius has smaller carbon footprint than even a used car Unusually reasonable article :-) Have to keep an eye on that guy, hadn't seen his articles before. Rob

07-09-2008, 08:04 PM	#4
micheal I feel pretty, oh so pretty. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 818 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: Slate: New Prius has smaller carbon footprint than even a used car Second that, very well done. Would have been nice to do a Matrix than a Corolla or compare it to Camry in addition to Corolla, but that seems to be the prevailing comparison group (even it really shouldn't be). Seems like several of the slate articles try to look at both sides of the issue.

07-09-2008, 11:34 PM	#5
kcpistol Byte Stylist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Independence, MO Posts: 43 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 3	Re: Slate: New Prius has smaller carbon footprint than even a used car Not only is the article well done, there is a link inside to a nice refutation of the dust-to-dust gibberish that seems to resurface with the frequency of a zombie in a "b" movie. So its doubly good.

07-10-2008, 06:44 AM	#6
Fred_H Misoversimplifier Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 61 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #5 Touring Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: Slate: New Prius has smaller carbon footprint than even a used car When you buy a used car, you snatch it away from the next used car buyer, who also snatches one from the next, and so forth, until the last buyer is stuck with the worst car on the lot. He buys it because he can only afford the very cheapest, and saves it from the shredder. When you buy a new car, the used car buyers get another better car to choose from, and at the end of the day, the worst car on the lot gets sent to the shredder to make room for the better used cars. So, as long as there are cars like some of these dirty old gas guzzlers for sale, then sell your old car as soon as you can afford a new Prius. Flood the market with more environmentally friendly cars and bump those dirty old gas guzzlers off the lots and into the shredders (to be recycled of course). __________________ The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will not end for lack of oil. 2007 Toyota Prius sol, 4.8 l/100km (49 mpg) Previous car: 1998 Mitsubishi Carisma 1.8 GDI, 250,000 km, 5.5 l/100km (42 mpg)

07-10-2008, 01:01 PM	#7
cobraz Prius Pirate Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 41 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #2 Touring Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: Slate: New Prius has smaller carbon footprint than even a used car Nice !!! Finally - I can end those arguments at work vs buying a $14,000 Hyundai.

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