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<blockquote data-quote="cotjones" data-source="post: 6207184" data-attributes="member: 573988">I don&#039;t know what this is getting at and i don&#039;t know where you are getting that i like hybrids, I think hybrids are shit. I said more fuel efficient cars. not hybrids //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif#1 global warming is not nearly as ominous of a threat as crude oil shortages. This category alone is enough to render the US economy ball-less. First America&#039;s domestic oil sources are growing alarmingly thin, meaning our oil (literally the most critical resource in America) could soon solely depend on imports. Which considering the already high ratio trade deficits, will not point the US economy in a good direction.#2 Humans are indeed the biggest contributing factor to greenhouse gasses today. With coal being the top pollutant. Methane levels are responsible for less than a third of the green house effect of CO2.#3 The largest source of methane is actually methane hydrates on the ocean floor. If the global average temperature rose a mere 1 or 2 degrees the potential release of these gasses would likely cause the next ice age.There is a difference in cost in resources and cost in upkeep. The point of hybrids is that they decrease the over-all dependency of the nation on non-renewable resources. Not that they cost less to operate. With the stronger economy available from the relief of dependency of these variables, people can afford more expensive to maintain cars.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cotjones, post: 6207184, member: 573988"] I don't know what this is getting at and i don't know where you are getting that i like hybrids, I think hybrids are shit. I said more fuel efficient cars. not hybrids [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif[/IMG] #1 global warming is not nearly as ominous of a threat as crude oil shortages. This category alone is enough to render the US economy ball-less. First America's domestic oil sources are growing alarmingly thin, meaning our oil (literally the most critical resource in America) could soon solely depend on imports. Which considering the already high ratio trade deficits, will not point the US economy in a good direction. #2 Humans are indeed the biggest contributing factor to greenhouse gasses today. With coal being the top pollutant. Methane levels are responsible for less than a third of the green house effect of CO2. #3 The largest source of methane is actually methane hydrates on the ocean floor. If the global average temperature rose a mere 1 or 2 degrees the potential release of these gasses would likely cause the next ice age. There is a difference in cost in resources and cost in upkeep. The point of hybrids is that they decrease the over-all dependency of the nation on non-renewable resources. Not that they cost less to operate. With the stronger economy available from the relief of dependency of these variables, people can afford more expensive to maintain cars. [/QUOTE]

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