Consider the recent full-page ad from Newsweek.  Read carefully the fine print at the bottom of the page.  An excerpt follows:


 
 

..."Introducing a breakthrough in environmental technology.  The Prius combines a super-efficient gasoline engine, an electric motor powered by a battery that never needs to be recharged, and an intelligence system that knows when to use which.  The worlds first mass-produced hybrid car-cleaner, affordable, and arriving here this summer [2000]."
 

Can you identify the statement that violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics?  Why is the statement a violation of the Second Law? If interested go to the manufacturers web site to find out how this system really works.