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Toyota Prius Becoming Harder to Find as Hybrid Sales Soar
Last year, the hybrid Prius became the 10th best-selling car in the United States, joining the top ten for the first time. So far this year, as gas prices have soared, Americans have pushed the Prius up to #8. Both availability and price are being affected by the increasing demand, whose fuel efficiency is #1 in the nation. And with the combustion of gasoline producing almost 20 pounds of carbon dioxide pollution per gallon, the Prius also provides great global warming benefits.
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May 16th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
According to my calculations, complete combustion of a gallon of gasoline generates 17.14 lbs. of CO2.
Why exaggerate when you can adequately make the point with the correct value?