The British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA) has examined 16 hybrid cars and compared them to similar conventionally-powered cars. In all but one case, the gas savings from driving a hybrid failed to make up for the higher initial price: hybrid cars remain more expensive to own and operate than conventional cars. This remains true despite their having been mass-produced for the North American market for over 12 years.The BCAA's study was done using Canada's high gas prices. At the US's lower prices, the hybrid cars would be at an even bigger disadvantage.
Which one of the 16 hybrids cost less than its conventionally-powered equivalent? According to the BCAA, that would be the Mercedes S400 with a sticker price of $105,900 Canadian. (A lot of resources, each of which has an environmental cost, go into making a $105,900 car. So buy the car if you like it but not because you're "helping the environment.")
It is said, plausibly, that more oil is used to ship a hydrid car from Japan to North America than the car will ever save through its increased mileage. Owning a hybrid is not about the environment. Like most things liberal, it is about the narcissism.
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