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      09-10-2013, 09:04 AM   #86
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Originally Posted by shivaswrath View Post
95 mpg?

22 miles on a charge?

Yeah helping just a little...I'd take this over the R8 for that reason alone.
LOL. Again, MPG doesn not define "green." Ecological footprint is what defines if something is "green."

The electricity you use to power this cars is made from what ?
Well, 70% of electricy worldwide is made from coal, oil and gas.

Second, how much energy and natural resources (= biggest part of its ecological footprint) are used for the making of this car, compared to a small and simple car ?

But yeah, people who will buy an i8 over an R8, because "it is more ecological", are probably the target audience of this kind of car.

I bet you that no political environmentalist will ever be seen driving around in a i8.

From WIKI: "in the United States, electricity generation accounts for nearly 40% of emissions, the largest of any source"

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