"For the record. I am an environmentalist"
Hey, so am I.
I own a large parcel of land in So. Cal that has been granted permanent open space status, never to be developed.
Having retired 7 years ago at the age of 39, I now drive far fewer (about half) miles than a person who commutes to work.
My home is on 40 acres of forest that's dense enough to make any hard environmentalists mouth water (especially if they thought they could control it).
I wonder how much of the CO2 your hybrid pumps out ends up being scavenger out of the atmosphere by my forest?
Ultimately, the world is going to have to have more nuclear power and more use of hydrogen fuel cells. For now, hybrids can help fill the gap.