Spinella is "way off the mark," says Kliesch, and scolds CNW for not having "Dust to Dust" peer-reviewed for accuracy. "If you do some back-of-the-envelope calculations on their claims," he says, "you'll find that it takes about $286,500 in energy to produce and assemble a Prius, [which is] absurd."
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