Originally Posted by
jyossarian
Prius' are nice cars, but some people buy them as a visual statement that screams, "I'M GREEN! I CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT! I'M MORALLY SUPERIOR TO YOU!"
Everyone needs some type of motivation. Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons is still better than they were doing before.
I just with we could have dispensed with the hybrid intermediate step and gone straight to a more permanent solution.