Fight the gas prices

[kandrathe]

...The primary (indeed often only) gas savings mechanism in hybrids is the recovery of energy when decelerating and breaking, energy that would otherwise only been converted to heat...

I agree with that point. I remember as a boy looking in my popular mechanics magazine at the momentum conservation devices soon (20 years ago) to be included in US automobiles. I'm still waiting. I think it is still because Detroit views an auto as a huge stylish disposable razor, and has no interest in engineering it to last. I might be willing to spend more on an auto if I would know that it would retain it's value over a 30 year lifespan.

For another thing, it makes a lot more sense to put carbon mitigating mechanisms on large, stationary structures rather than on individual automobiles (where, in addition to cost, they add maintenance requirements, and weight).

I know they have scrubbers for removing most of the heavy metals and SO2, but what do they do to mitigate CO2? I don't think at this time any power plants try to sequester CO2.

I agree that the future of clean energy will depend on hydro and nuclear.