permaculture

["Loren Davidson" <loren@farwalker.com>]

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Toby Hemenway <hemenway@jeffnet.org>
Reply-To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date:  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 11:19:35 -0700

>Anne wrote:
>> I would also like to warn anybody thinking about owning hybrid or 
>> electric cars...  
>
>Also, batteries in hybrids are far smaller than in 
>all-electric cars. And sure, they wear out in 10 years or so, but the 
>many thousands of pounds of pollution that is saved more than makes up 
>for the few pounds of battery core (most of which is recycled, anyway).

...not to mention that it's hard to find an *automobile* that lasts ten years 
without having to have many of its major pieces replaced. Is a battery set 
any harder to recycle than a dead engine or transmission?

Loren,
who hasn't quite managed to get a Toyota to last ten years, but who feels 
they last longer than darn near anything else on the road


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Loren Davidson    loren@farwalker.com 
Permaculturist, healer, singer/songwriter
http://www.earthspring.org/loren/
Music Website: http://www.lorendavidson.com
"SUVs: We're changing the climate - ask us how."
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