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islandgirl45cv001
10/29/09

In reply to Toyota Engineers Unique Flower Species to Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions
Hate to rain on the hybrid hate parade but there are a bunch of myths about the Prius being "bad for the environment," which have been debunked here: [www.pacinst.org]

For example, hybrid haters often slag the Prius because some of the nickel used in its batteries comes from a Canadian nickel mine. The same nickel mine that opened in the early 1900s and supplies nickel for the steel industry to create chrome.
Other than its batteries, for which Toyota pays $200 per battery to recycle them, the Prius is a regular car. So if its manufacturing creates CO2, then so do other regular car factories.

It's interesting to me, too, that you don't see and read the same nastiness about other hybrid cars like the Ford Fusion and Escape hybrids. Why is that?

CJV
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REO Speedwagon
10/29/09

In reply to Toyota Engineers Unique Flower Species to Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions
These flowers look surprisingly a lot like those people flowers in the commercial...Wait a minute, the flowers...are made of PEOPLE!!!! #prius
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liebermojo
10/29/09

@REO Speedwagon: Soylent green is...PEOPLE!!! #prius
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/29/09

In reply to Toyota Engineers Unique Flower Species to Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions
I thought their customers just inhaled the gases....
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
10/29/09

In reply to Toyota Engineers Unique Flower Species to Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions
Wait, you can make flowers that absorb smug?

Quick, plant them around Hollywood and any place that George Clooney is giving an acceptance speech! #prius
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Curves
10/29/09

In reply to Toyota Engineers Unique Flower Species to Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions
Sage also has some antibiotic properties (as known for generations by grandmothers making chicken soup for sick kids). #prius
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Xeno
10/29/09

@Curves: So... since my grandma gave me screwdrivers for a upset stomach does that mean Vodka also has healing properties? #prius
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Curves
10/29/09

@Xeno: No, that means grandma was tired of hearing you whine and was trying to knock your ass out. #prius
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Barry99705
10/29/09

@Curves: Hahahahahahahaha!!! #prius
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Spinnyd
10/29/09

@Curves: +1,000,000 for the truth! #prius
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Curves
10/29/09

@Spinnyd: I am all about truth telling. ;) #prius
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FriarNurgle
10/29/09

In reply to Toyota Engineers Unique Flower Species to Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions
Smell the smugness. #prius
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liebermojo
10/29/09

In reply to Toyota Engineers Unique Flower Species to Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions
"The sage derivative's leaves have unique characteristics that absorb harmful gases..."

Yeah it's called photosynthesis. I learned about it in the 3rd grade. If you really want to help reduce carbon levels... kill a Vegan. They're the ones that are eating all of the plants that change CO2 into Oxygen (hee hee hee...plant shit). Carnivores like me are doing our best to reduce the CO2 producers, thereby lowering the overall "harmful gases" that get released into the air. #prius
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RoboBagins
10/29/09

@liebermojo: "Vegan is murder, Save our Air!"

"Eat a steak, save the planet" #prius
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Xagest
10/29/09

@liebermojo:
Yup, especially since a significant amount of methane gas is produced by those sinful, godless cows. #prius
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liebermojo
10/29/09

@Xagest: Meat may be murder, but it's tasty, tasty murder! ^_^ #prius
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Kaiser-Machead
10/29/09

In reply to Toyota Engineers Unique Flower Species to Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions
20 years later...

Marking the 10 year anniversary of the extinction of the hummingbird, sources now indicate that the sting from bees, as well as the honey they produce, are now 150% more lethal to the human body, as the Toyorchid, Toyota's genetically-engineered pollution-absorbing flower species, invades the habitats of now endangered species of natural wildflower. #prius
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OCEntertainment
10/29/09

@Kaiser-Machead: 5 years after that, they grow legs and teeth. #prius
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
10/29/09

@OCEntertainment: No, this is Japan. They grow tentacles. Duh. #prius
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spannu
10/29/09

@OCEntertainment: I guess 5 years after that and it's time for the sex. #prius
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weatherman
10/28/09

In reply to The 27-Foot Nimbus E-Power Is The World's First Commercially Available Electric Boat
Given how expensive operating a boat can be, and how incompatible most things in an engine are with saltwater, an electric boat makes a lot of sense. I've seen a before - mostly sailboat style ones. I think there was one that had a tubine made of three fixed-blades mounted vertically that circumnavigated the globe, actually. I can't seem to find it though. Either way, it's not like you could go on a Saturday fishing trip in that. This looks like it's perfect for the weekend excursion except for the the battery life issue. #nimbusepower
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Tugsie
10/28/09

In reply to The 27-Foot Nimbus E-Power Is The World's First Commercially Available Electric Boat
I think it would be neat if they expanded the concept to use wind power to charge up the battery with a little wind turbine. #nimbusepower
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Stitchopoulis
10/28/09

@Tugsie: That wouldn't be hard to do at all. Just slow. SOOO SLOOOW. For instance, for about $3000 you can get a wind turbine that charges 12 volts at 300 watts. Considering a 220 volt system takes 28 hours to charge it, you're looking at probably weeks to charge from a little turbine. #nimbusepower
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Kaiser-Machead
10/28/09

In reply to The 27-Foot Nimbus E-Power Is The World's First Commercially Available Electric Boat
You may want to keep a spare clone of Jack Lalanne to tug the boat back to shore when it runs out of juice. #nimbusepower
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/28/09

In reply to The 27-Foot Nimbus E-Power Is The World's First Commercially Available Electric Boat
Too bad they couldn't work some hydroelectric technology in there. It could generate power when the boat is being propelled through the water to recharge the batteries as you go. #nimbusepower
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/28/09

Oy Vey! No, I wasn't talking about perpetual motion. You would never be able to get enough energy back to perpetually sustain the system. It's more along the lines of a battery extender. Maybe you only get 15-20% out of it (which on the surface doesn't seem like a worthwhile exercise) but it could be the difference between you making it back to the dock or getting towed. #nimbusepower
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KinOfCain
10/28/09

In reply to The 27-Foot Nimbus E-Power Is The World's First Commercially Available Electric Boat
20nm is kind of crap range. Unless you're scooting across a (small) lake on a grocery run, that's not going to be sufficient for many, many uses. #nimbusepower
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Gordonium
10/25/09

In reply to TerraCycle Recycles Tasty Treat Wrappers Into Speakers
Finally, Cheetos can put crackling and rumbling into my ears, as well as my digestive system. #speakers
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Monty
10/15/09

In reply to Former Microsoft Technology Chief Wants To Block Out the Sun With Liquid Sulfur
Well, this is exciting since Microsoft controlling the climate means that I could potentially destroy the entire world with a tiny bit of code submitted to the heavens. I like it. Let him have his Stratoshield. [insert evil laughter]

As silly as it might sound, there is a lot of "crazy" ideas being discussed on how to save the planet from ourselves. That is the human way -- continue to live the lifestyle we want, and any problem that comes up we will leave it to the evil geniuses to fix for us. #stratoshield
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