Wow. What a site. Comparing The Secretary of Energy to a Baath Party leader. Good comparison. One tries to regulate emissions and the other probably had a hand in killing and torturing thousands of innocent people. And also, are you aware that most hybrids cost much more thna an avergae car. Maybe all the rich liberals can afford them but I'm not sure about Joohn Q. Public. The Honda Insight. Hmmmmmm, can't have the A/C on the same time you're running the engine, yet it costs upwards of $21,000. They're right, everyone should buy a hybrid. If everyone did as they say, the country's poverty level would sky rocket. Not just expensive SUV's have crappy emissions. Regular base model sedans are more geared to economy than emissions. And I love that comment, "try taking the bus". Even if people "car pool" on the bus, those things are 40 times worse than your average SUV. And what about the new hybrid SUV's that Lexus and Ford have displayed? Just because they are SUV's and only get 20-25 mpg, we should still buy a more efficient sedan hybrid? I don't think anything will ever be good enough for those people.