You make a good point. With air to fuel ratios climbing well above stoichiometric, NOx emissions will climb.

I realize submitters often can't resist editorializing, but come on, this isn't a replacement for hybrid technology. Indeed, this engine could be part of a hybrid system just as easily as any other. Yes, early hybrids present a mixed record of success and failure and there are plenty of detractors. Nevertheless, battery technology will improve and cost to manufacture will continue to come down. The technology is still in its infancy and a just battery breakthrough alone changes the picture in a big way. At the very least, hybrid technology is a great bridge to all-electric vehicles and the added range compared to an all-electric will long be of interest.

Solar already has the highest return on investment of renewable energy sources. Panels are continually improving and payback periods are now under 10 years and projected to be in the neighborhood of 4 years soon.

Solar R.O.I.

Indeed, but with replantings there are more trees, a lot more, than a century ago.

And this devotion to coercive power, carried as some form of an absolute value to its logical conclusion, will damn the world to destruction.

Probably a better analogy than you realize, though I don't think you have a very good understanding of either one.

Enough Guinness and who cares? One probably won't be able to tell the difference.

Knock your self out twit: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=research+asbestos+mesothelioma&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart

Apparently this ABC news report agrees with the poster you're replying to. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/with-reservations-obama-signs-act-to-allow-detention-of-citizens/

Sure, let Indians have their say, but don't expect us to shut up and mind our own business. The world is far too small for that now. I'm pretty sure many Indians don't agree with you.

Have you owned this car for the entire 10 years? You should have over 200K miles on it, if not, you bought the wrong car. If you do, then you saved enough on gas vs. a non-hybrid to pay for the battery pack and the hybrid premium with some nice change left over.

Hybrids have been out for a long time. It appears to me that they are increasing in popularity in spite of the naysayers. Every single person that I know who has a hybrid (maybe a dozen) is pretty happy with the fuel economy. None have complained about having to fork over money for a new battery system yet. One could argue concerning the high manufacturing cost, but I think that that has come down enough relative to selling price to achieve parity with non-hybrid vehicles. The technology continues to evolve and any battery breakthroughs will make them even more attractive.

In other words you ARE a bottom feeder. ;-)

It doesn't matter whether they've heard about it or not. The effect is still real, without the name.

Nevertheless, at THAT moment the legal exposure and costs become quite real. What we need is a private consortium of fair use defenders to fund these counterclaims, or something like it, to even the scales of power.