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Anonymous,
While I absolutely agree that "Cost is not the only reason to buy a Prius"; however...
1. I bet at 7000 mi/yr in my saturn I'm generating fewer pollutants than than chickadee driving about 35,000 mi/yr in his/her prius.
2. Building a new car generates pollutants. I'm not sure how much, but it needs to be factored in.
3. While cost is not the ONLY factor, it is a factor. And over the last 3 years I've spent the money I could have spend on a prius fixing up a small (800 sq/ft) brick cape in an inner ring suburb and much of that money want into insulation (walls, basement and attic), new high efficency furnance, new 40 yr roof adding attic ventilation and fan... Now I'm starting to replace all the windows.
It's all a trade-off. Here's hoping an electric car will be on the market when it's time for me to replace my saturn.
