My OperaSaving Time or Better MPG?
Monday, February 5, 2007 5:14:10 PM
Interesting article by Rong-Gong Li about hybrid car owners in California and their frustration that car-pool lane stickers may be ended given a legislative ceiling (allowing them to drive in HOV alone, without a passenger). (LA Times)
So, the question is, are Californians buying hybrids to save time using car pool lanes or saving gas & money...? (Note that the legislation only allows hybrids getting >45 mpg to qualify; currently Toyota Prius, Honda Civic Hybrid, and the discontinued Honda Insight, but not this 1901 Lohner-Porsche hybrid.)
I think we should've just listened to the wonderful sci-fi writer, Ray Bradbury, about building a monorail in LA back in 1963. Apparenty, Standard Oil, didn't like monorails, though,
So, the question is, are Californians buying hybrids to save time using car pool lanes or saving gas & money...? (Note that the legislation only allows hybrids getting >45 mpg to qualify; currently Toyota Prius, Honda Civic Hybrid, and the discontinued Honda Insight, but not this 1901 Lohner-Porsche hybrid.)
I think we should've just listened to the wonderful sci-fi writer, Ray Bradbury, about building a monorail in LA back in 1963. Apparenty, Standard Oil, didn't like monorails, though,
