This article states that 11% of auto sales by 2012 will be hybrid cars. I think this would be a great thing to see happen. I'm hoping numbers will be even higher then that.
What the Bush Admin. should do is provide a bigger tax credit for people buying Hybrid vehicles. Currently it is $2000 for '04/'05, $500 for '06, and nothing after that. They should double it or perhaps put some kind of national consumption tax on regular fuel vehicles. Maybe something like $250 per vehicle or something like that.
I never gave much thought to hybrid cars until I heard some stuff about how much Saudi and Iranian oil money has been funneled into terrorist groups. One way to win the war on terror is to cut off their sources of funding. So the less oil we use, the closer the war on terror will come to being won. I think the environmentalists and hybrid manufacturers should tap into this line of thinking. "Buy a Hybrid and keep money out of Osama's pocket."
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