Hummer greener than Prius

Disclaimer: the source of this entry is an editorial.

But if it is true, the Toyota Prius, the ultimate "green car," is the source of some of the worst pollution in North America; it takes more combined energy per Prius to produce than a Hummer.

Photo credit: Marcin Rolicki

Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental damage than a Hummer that is on the road for three times longer than a Prius. As already noted, the Prius is partly driven by a battery which contains nickel. The nickel is mined and smelted at a plant in Sudbury, Ontario. This plant has caused so much environmental damage to the surrounding environment that NASA has used the ‘dead zone’ around the plant to test moon rovers. The area around the plant is devoid of any life for miles.

Boy, we can just see all the guppies, yuppies, hipsters, and hippies having a ball with this.