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Old 04-21-2006, 06:16 PM  
crockett
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Originally Posted by GatorB
That's BS. Does you car currently have a battery in it? Do you own remote controls, flashlights and other things that use batteries? If so, why, if you are so concerned about batteries harm to the enviroment.
Think about that for a minute.. you think a Hybrid is going to run off one little 12 volt battery? There will be at least 6 in every car and they are much larger than a standard battery.

Now add in the fact if we end up with 100's of thousands of these cars on the roads, it will be a issue. They are talking it could start to be a issue as soon as 5 years from now.

Read this page.. it's even a "pro" hybrid web page and they admit there will be a issue.

http://www.hybridcars.com/hybrid-battery-toxicity.html

The good part is battery companies are working on more environmentally friendly batteries but we still aren't there yet.
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