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06-24-2009, 02:53 PM
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Toyota to deforest and flatten mountains to build a hybrid car facility
Typical Toyota hypocrisy. It makes this ad even more disgusting.
June 22 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. is plotting its future amid 1,631 acres (660 hectares) of rice paddies that date to the 17th century and cedar forests. Here, in central Japan’s Shimoyama village, a 30-minute drive from its Toyota City headquarters, the world’s biggest automaker plans a research center with at least 10 kilometers of road courses to fine-tune its vehicles.
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06-24-2009, 03:55 PM
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lol.. if only the 'greens' knew.. but since they're all ships they only know what the shepherd wants them to know.. to me, this is too funny... ![Laugh](images/custom_smilies/laugh.gif) and good for Toyota, being able to eat your cake and have it too is awesome..
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06-25-2009, 01:39 AM
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The greenist thing to do is to find some empty factories and rehab them to build the new hybrid car. Hmmm. Where to find empty factories?
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06-25-2009, 04:07 AM
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This is pretty funny, but also rather sad. This is analogous to destroying the Amazon rainforest to make ethanol.
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06-25-2009, 09:29 AM
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see that's what so many people keep forgetting...while the finished product might be kinder to the environment, the manufacturing process of hybrids is anything but...i heard somewhere that manufacturing a prius is more harfmful to the environment then making a Hummer.
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06-25-2009, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by philip
The greenist thing to do is to find some empty factories and rehab them to build the new hybrid car. Hmmm. Where to find empty factories?
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Empty factories? Hell, we have empty sky scrapers!
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06-25-2009, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Mattk
This is pretty funny, but also rather sad. This is analogous to destroying the Amazon rainforest to make ethanol.
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I am pro etanol but i think you schould can make from garden waste and human garbage.
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06-25-2009, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by nthfinity
Empty factories? Hell, we have empty sky scrapers!
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Empty skyscrapers? We have Empty Suits!
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