Destroying the World, One Hybrid at a Time

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Is your goal to destroy the world? To destroy the environment that is here on this pure and blue world? While at the same time saving money on gasoline? If it is then you’re in luck, because there just happens to be a hybrid vehicle at your local dealership, and these hybrid vehicles will destroy the world, devastate the environment, and all the while saving you some money on gasoline. Now how could these low CO2 emission hybrid vehicles be that catastrophic? Well what many don’t know about hybrid vehicle is that the raw materials such as lithium and nickel are needed to make the special specific part of a hybrid vehicle, and are obtain by a special technique that completely strips entire mountains of their peak, and it also destroys the entire eco-system that surrounds it. Many people believe in the idea that hybrid vehicle are more eco-friendly then most gasoline powered vehicle; however, I believe that this idea just isn’t true for most hybrid vehicle that are currently in use.
Some may say that since we are already mining these rare earth materials such as lithium and nickel for many common day items such as AA battery’s and everyday electronic device that it shouldn't be any worse than drilling for gasoline. However the demand for them are so great that a new method of mining has been developed to meet that demand, since the demand base on a piece called “”Hybrid Cars”: Not so Environmentally Friendly” by Colten Fortenbaugh states that the average hybrid vehicle requires 70lb's of these rare earth materials. Now nickel and lithium are raw materials that are found very closely to the surface of the earth and are in demand; therefore, they require a technique called strip mining, where they literally blow up entire mountains w...

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...mistake Hybrid vehicle do produce less CO2 emission than gasoline vehicle, produces less noise then gasoline engine, and does in fact save you some money on gasoline; however, if one is buying a hybrid vehicle so that their consciousness may rest easier knowing they are helping to save the world, than I'm sorry to say that it just isn't true for the most part. As of right now Hybrid vehicle are mostly causing more harm than good to the earth than regular gasoline powered engine by producing a great amount of CO2 before they even reach the road, and the newer technology of hybrid vehicle are just a bogus front so that one would buy the vehicle, as well as hybrid vehicle not even performing good enough on the road to reach the break point of over taking the pollution that is produce while its being made, but hey saving money is a really big thing right now too I herd.

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