Going Green

Ok, this has NOTHING to do with photography. I just wanted to take a moment to talk about going green. Specifically, going green with automobiles.

Now I know that many people think that hybrid cars are wonderful for the environment. But are they really?

Most hybrids use Nickel batteries. Nickel mining is a really filthy process which generates a lot of greenhouse gases. Plus, the nickel is mined one place, trucked, shipped and trucked to a processing plant. Then trucked, shipped and trucked to car factories. So, by the time that Toyota Prius is built, it has already made the evironmental impact of a mid-sized SUV.

Save the planet, buy a clean diesel!