Yeah, folks keep saying that, but does the diesel have ZERO emissions when tooling around town?
No Deisels don't have zero emissions, and neither do Hybrids. You get the same mileage or better mileage from TDI and advanced deisel... you use less resources to build them, and you don't have all the chemicals and waste involved with the manufacture and disposal of batteries and other motors like you have with a Hybrid.
Facts are simple, Deisel is a better solution, less impacting on the environment and to top it all off cheaper... those are the facts. But hey, when do tree huggers worry about facts?