Which is more practical and cost effective; a hybrid car, an electric car, or a hydrogen car?
If you need one car to “do it all”, hybrids are your only practical choice. If you are a two-car family, then it is practical to have an electric car for daily local driving; and a regular or hybrid car for long-distance trips. Hydrogen cars are a fantasy. They don’t exist except as ultra-expensive prototypes, and probably never will be practical according to the experts. The best near-term solution looks like the plug-in hybrid; a car with both a complete gasoline and electric propulsion system. It can be used on either “fuel”; electric for clean inexpensive daily driving, and gasoline for long trips. It is also less “disruptive” to the auto companies, since it retains the entire gasoline engine system that they know and love. Toyota and others are working on such cars; maybe we’ll see them soon! To learn more about plug-in hybrids and current news, visit http://www.pluginamerica.com/ Lee A. Hart leeahart@earthlink.net “Never doubt that the work of a small group of thoughtful, committ
