Mounting fears of dependence on foreign oil and concern about air pollution are causing some Americans to examine their love affair with cars. According to WTRG Economics (a group that specializes in analysis, planning, forecast, and data services for energy producers and consumer) crude oil trade for July 25, 2005 closed at $59.20 per barrel. For the last two years, the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries’ (OPEC) official target price has been $25. The price of oil is skyrocketing and one can only conclude that oil prices are not going to get cheaper any time soon. Pair this concern about expensive oil with concern about environmental and health damage caused by standard vehicles, and a very ugly picture is painted. How do Americans survive this love affair with cars intact and satisfied? The answer is hybrids.
Today's hybrids are no longer the wimpy, substandard vehicles we once thought they were. They signify the largest shift......
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