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Originally Posted by catlin101
Yes, but you're just proving my point. If Oil companies were really doing what Erin said they were, then they would be paying Toyota not to produce hybrid cars, or buying the patents for hybrid components, or something like that.
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I wasn't disputing your point of why is Toyota selling so many hybrids. Also US companies are putting money into developing such vehicles but they are behind on the development side of things and are suffering for it.... though hopefully not as bad as Kodak and the use of digital cameras.
Oil companies are buying components for hybrid, fuel cell, etc.... vehicles, except not for what Erin said or Greenpeace or others would like us to think. Yes we call them oil companies but really they are fuel companies, providing us with oil to heat our homes and offices, generate electricity, etc... The next generation cars are going to be fuel cells, hybrid and the like. If they are going to survive they need to change their products. Also some of these companies make things like plastic which itself has parts that are from refining crude. To pay Toyota to not make hybrids is stupid on their part. Even a little amount of gasoline sold is better than none at all. Also it gives them a chance to still make money while developing better fuels tailored for the cars of the future, whatever that fuel maybe. Cars and oil companies may not agree on things but they need one another to survive. Oil companies know that one day we will run out of fossil fuels thus they are turning to brain power to engineer the "fuel(s)" to power the world of tomorrow today.