# Don't buy a new car to get better gas mileage

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [January 11, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-buy-a-new-car-to-get-better-gas-mileage/41637 "2008-01-11T09:32:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-buy-a-new-car-to-get-better-gas-mileage/41637/2 "2008-01-11T09:34:47Z")

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this from the journal of duhh

but people want to be “green”

and wont listen that the amount of energy that it took to create that prius is more then it took to create a hummer H2… and you wouldnt break even with that until the hummer hits like 2-400k

ie people who think electric cars are the way of polution free transpo… but until you get a 100% green way of producing electricity (solar/wind/nuclear(eat me) then the power plants MAKING that car move produce more pollution t hen do the gas burning cousins

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