Question I couldn't answer about hybrids.

[AllGold]

Dakota wrote:
Isn't the gasoline engine the sole propulsion source on the highway? If so, why is the mileage still high?

No, on the Prius, the internal combustion engine is the primary propulsion source on the highway but not the sole source. The electric motors also provide power when the computer deems it is more efficient to do so.

In addition to the ICE being the primary power source at higher speeds, it is always rotating when the car is above 41MPH--although it doesn't always burn gas. At lower speeds, the ICE can be and often is completely shut down and the car propelled solely by the electric motors until either the battery is drained or a burst of power is needed for acceleration.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Black Landlord wrote:
[quote=davester]
Meaningless BS Howard. I realize that you are on a religious quest to banish all cars, but that is not a realistic quest or vision and you will ultimately fail if you remain so rigid. Seeking of realistic solutions based on sound science (including human behavioral psychology) is what will help the environment, not pie in the sky utopian dreams of every human on a bike. The future will almost certainly see renewables phased in and coal reduced in usage as electrical energy sources. The switchover to electric vehicles is the only possible way of reducing overall energy use and of giving the world vehicle fleet access to renewables. If you're going to fight that then you are shooting yourself in the foot.

Davester,
What I fight and how I choose to fight it in real life has little relationship to what I choose to address in this forum. Do you really think anyone is so one-dimensional that you could read their posts on a board like this and really know much about them?
You come off like a ninny when you assume so.
Not so much. You've been a one-note Nellie almost the entire time you've patronized the forums, ho'. You know what they say: if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck...