Originally Posted By: wfaulk

I'm not a huge fan of hybrid cars. It's neat technology, but I imagine that the majority of the fuel efficiency comes from having the engine turn off when it is not needed to provide acceleration. I expect that history will eventually see them as having been a stopgap measure.


And institutionalizing hybrids (or any specific "solution") through federal regulations and mandates will ensure that they stick around much longer than they should.

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You also won't get any argument from me that a significant portion of the "green" movement is hypocritical and uncritical. If it sounds "green", it must be. So, uh, yeah. I guess I kinda agree with you there.


Why do you think that health care will be any different?