The time of the “green” car is arriving. Its’ take off will depend on a combination of improved technology, continued elevated gasoline prices and more emphasis on green policies at government levels.
However for the “hybrid” to finally make the front page of MSN today, its a reflection of a change in paradigm. Sometimes its a shock event because gradual ones don’t work. In this case, I have a feeling that when american consumers are paying what europeans have been used to for years, then the attitudes will start to get closer to each other’s when it comes to environmental power technologies.
What this means is added pressure on environmental power technology producers to deliver the “real goods”. The gadgety aspect of green power will be diminished only through “real” deliveries. It’s along the same line of thinking as the watts vs “watts do u want” discussion in previous blogs.
To quote a sexy american actress of days gone by…”Hold onto your hats, its’ gonna be a bumpy ride”. I just haven’t figured out how to move my hips like her when she said it on screen. 
Sass