@OMG! Ponies!: That statement simply deals with unpredictability in complex systems. The shorthand is the Butterfly Effect. A butterfly can flap its wings in Peking and in Central Park you get rain instead of sunshine. #toyotatacomaatgxbox
Ok, I was going to rail against gullwing doors on concept cars. No manufacturer is going to market a car with gullwing doors, why do they keep making these ridiculous concept vehicles that have them? They should be mocked relentlessly.
But this... really this thing mocks itself. No one could imagine they would be dumb enough to actually produce it. So whatever, have fun with the doors because they are no more irrelevant than any other part of the concept. #toyotatacomaatgxbox
OK, I hate to admit this, I really, really do...as a 32 year old I'm over my whole "I need a sports car" thing, and I'm not into big huge tires or anyt of thats tuf anymore but...Damn, I kinda want this...I want to mount a paintball gun on the outrigger and chase down the scumbag teenagers that hang out at the mall...and then I want to scoff at them, chug a red bull, and play some Madden 10 while screaming "EXTREEEEME". #toyotatacomaatgxbox
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?
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@rivercat: Incorrect. This is the Dorkmobile. #toyotatacomaatgxbox
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But this... really this thing mocks itself. No one could imagine they would be dumb enough to actually produce it. So whatever, have fun with the doors because they are no more irrelevant than any other part of the concept. #toyotatacomaatgxbox
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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?
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@REO Speedwagon: Soylent green is...PEOPLE!!! #prius
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Quick, plant them around Hollywood and any place that George Clooney is giving an acceptance speech! #prius
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