James Newtons Massmind wrote:

> Compare the cost of that new hybrid with the cost /difference/ between
> the gas my old civic will use compared to the new hybrid. News flash!
> You will never make up the purchase price in gas savings! 

IMO it's not only about cost difference, it's also about resource use
difference. Instead of using the tax agencies' infrastructure to only track
the money flow, we could use it to track something actually useful. So that
we some day have more reliable data to base individual decisions and policy
on, and not only the almost anecdotal reference of a research paper here
and another there.

Gerhard

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