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Setec Astronomy · 06-09-09, 07:50

BTW, I think in this particular instance, if everybody had done the right thing, then everyone could have had their cake and eaten it, too. The GM heavy-vehicle hybrid system is reportedly very good, and seems to be pretty transparent. The upside is 50% better city mileage, the downside is a lot of extra cost. I think in this case if it had been managed right, volume would have brought the cost down into an effective range.

Heck, we got some new A/C units at work that were high efficiency...we got a rebate from the power company that was substantially the cost difference between the std. and hi-efficiency...so we got the high efficiency upgrade for free, we save electricity for the life of the equipment, the power company doesn't have to build a new plant...seems pretty win-win to me.

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Setec Astronomy Registered User Setec Astronomy is offline Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 9,890	Re: Weasel Wording of the Decade (GM Chapt. 11) BTW, I think in this particular instance, if everybody had done the right thing, then everyone could have had their cake and eaten it, too. The GM heavy-vehicle hybrid system is reportedly very good, and seems to be pretty transparent. The upside is 50% better city mileage, the downside is a lot of extra cost. I think in this case if it had been managed right, volume would have brought the cost down into an effective range. Heck, we got some new A/C units at work that were high efficiency...we got a rebate from the power company that was substantially the cost difference between the std. and hi-efficiency...so we got the high efficiency upgrade for free, we save electricity for the life of the equipment, the power company doesn't have to build a new plant...seems pretty win-win to me. __________________ Grumpy like Ketch... "Well, it certainly does!"