>>Up until the latest models, it would be better for the environment if you drove a Hummer:
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>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/20/AR2009062001523.html?sub=AR
>>http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/f33/toyota-prius-bad-environment-12657/
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>>And:
>>You would do better in a Hummer. Manufacturing the Toyota Prius involves a shocking amount of pollution. A plant in Ontario, dubbed the "Superstack," mines and smelts the nickel for the Prius' battery, each of which then travels to Europe, China, Japan and the United States. How many Prius miles would it take to offset those trips? Canadian Greenpeace energy coordinator David Martin says the vast amounts of sulfur dioxide released over northern Ontario cause acid rain, which in turn destroys plants in the area, resulting in mudslides. In fact, the surrounding environment is so damaged that NASA uses the "dead zone" for testing moon rovers.
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>And how much energy and whatnot goes into a Hummer? It would be interesting to see a side-by-side measure, using equal measuring sticks.

My guess is a lot of Hummer owners figure they can replace some of the gas with testosterone.