Something I heard about hybrid cars.

[Sinjihn]

I heard they have to strip 4-6 acres of land in Canada per car for lithium to make a hybrid car. Canada will sell because they don't have much to sell to us anyway.

True?

[Seriatim]

Lies. Doesn't make sense.

[Socks]

I doubt this is true.
Where did you get this information from?
But if this is true, all for the better.

[slingblader]

That's not even remotely cost effective. The businesses wouldn't do it out of practicality.

[Liquidfox]

The only reason we have hybrids is because the automobile and oil industries didn't want the electric cars to thrive. So in order to quell the tree huggers/ people who are looking out for our world they completely hushed up the usefulness of the electric car and the hybrid was born. If we had fully electric cars it would require less oil to run so the oil industries lose. If we had electric cars we would not require many repairs or many expensive repairs as often as we do now. So the automobile industry loses.

[Mr.Lucifer]

Originally Posted by Sinjihn

I heard they have to strip 4-6 acres of land in Canada per car for lithium to make a hybrid car.

True?

Doesn't shock me. Solving the CO2 problem and finding alternatives isn't easy and cost free. Most solutions requires sacrifices, rather big ones too. Like bioetanol. Poor people don't get food because of it.

Originally Posted by Sinjihn

Canada will sell because they don't have much to sell to us anyway.

"Canada is one of the few developed nations that are net exporters of energy.[2] Atlantic Canada has vast offshore deposits of natural gas and large oil and gas resources are centred in Alberta. The vast Athabasca Tar Sands give Canada the world's second largest reserves of oil behind Saudi Arabia.[62] In Quebec, British Columbia, Newfoundland & Labrador, New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba, hydroelectric power is a cheap and clean source of renewable energy."
~Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Yvgeniy]

Originally Posted by Liquidfox

The only reason we have hybrids is because the automobile and oil industries didn't want the electric cars to thrive. So in order to quell the tree huggers/ people who are looking out for our world they completely hushed up the usefulness of the electric car and the hybrid was born. If we had fully electric cars it would require less oil to run so the oil industries lose. If we had electric cars we would not require many repairs or many expensive repairs as often as we do now. So the automobile industry loses.

This is partly true, but electric cars have their own disadvantages. For one, they can't go very fast or very far. They would also need to be charged for at least a whole night to drive anywhere, and they would last only for a few hours (depending on how fast/far you're going). There is a way to charge them quicker, but that can't be accomplished via a regular outlet. You need power straight from the power grid. In essence, we could build lots of "Power Grid Stations" (to replace gas stations), but that would only require greater power production. As you know the number one source of power production is accomplished by burning oil (aside from windmills and nuclear plants, which are much less common). So really, it's just as cost ineffective and hurtful to the environment as regular cars, except perhaps a little bit less, and much less convenient for companies.

[slingblader]

Time to go nuclear nao! Works fine for France, why not us.