My deal with hybrid cars.

I just read an article that hybrid sales have been doubling over the last year and frankly I'm a bit shocked. We all knew petrol prices would be an ongoing problem into the future and it only seems reasonable that the demand for energy efficient vehicles would eventually rise, but I was a firm believer in the hybrid car 'catch 22'; whereas people wouldn't buy the cars unless they were cheaper and more popular, and manufacturers wouldn't be able to lower prices until the demand for them necessitated mass production. Will these new sales statistics change all that? Maybe.

I think the reason sales have surprisingly increased has been a combined effort of increased media coverage and political support for global warming issues, along with the environmental movement becoming more accepted by the general population. The media coverage, political agendas, and general knowledge of the public all go hand in hand. I think a lot of vehicle manufacturers were probably scared to approach 'outside of the box' thinking in terms of changing consumer attitudes until the general population began to change, then they could easily follow suit and ensure themselves profits.

It's tough in a lot of ways because many of my friends love cars and hate these new hybrids, saying they are a joke, and there isn't anything like a proper petrol filled engine. Granted, they might not fully understand how hybrids work, but I think there hesitancy to accept new technology is a sort of an out of date mentality that hopefully is becoming less and less frequent. I, for one, love new technology, and can't wait to buy a hybrid when I have the cash. Who knows in what cool ways I will be able to customize it, hah! Maybe I can make a hotrod out of a hybrid! I'm sure that once I've figured out the engine there will be no stopping me as to what kind of boosters I can add to her,... all environmentally friendly of course!

Thanks for read, until next time... stay true to your car!