Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoMy cousin said the gas savings for a prius and a motorcycle were the same.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageMy cousin said the gas savings for a prius and a motorcycle were the same.lemmy.mlSarcasmo220@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresenseamidmadness@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThat Prius, just by being manufactured, had an incredibly toxic environmental impact that it would take a motorcycle hundreds of thousands of miles to equal. Lithium battery manufacture is hell on the environment.
minus-squareMoonrise2473@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoMost Prius have NiMH batteries, only recently they switched to lithium. But also need to consider that oil extraction, refining and transportation is not easy on the environment
That Prius, just by being manufactured, had an incredibly toxic environmental impact that it would take a motorcycle hundreds of thousands of miles to equal. Lithium battery manufacture is hell on the environment.
Most Prius have NiMH batteries, only recently they switched to lithium.
But also need to consider that oil extraction, refining and transportation is not easy on the environment