If you are evaluating the pros and cons of hybrid cars,
there are many positive sides perceivable, but even more negative signs
looming over the new fleet of cars. While the try to reduce emissions
is really commendable and good, the question is if this idea will take
off at all or not. Even if the companies, together with the
governments, seriously push for the switch, already the next switch
towards alternative fuels and total electric are visible, with major
releases by all pertinent car manufacturers pending already in the
coming season. The biggest plus of the hybrid cars is that you can use
already existing gas stations to drive, the biggest minus is that you
are still driving a combustion engine, where emissions are produced.
The more interesting question is why did everybody make this step
between, why not switch right away to the electric cars? The answer is
simple, trillion dollar revenue worth of fuel sales and big oil
behemoths of the world said no. There is no existing infrastructure,
permitting fast loading electric cars, which means that the car
manufacturer who does not invent a car that can be plugged in any
conventional outlet will have no way of loading up their product. The
big fuel companies, who own all the gas stations, will not provide the
necessary plugs and will not invest into the infrastructure necessary,
because they own the monopoly on gas, other means are squashed before
mass production begins.
So an electric car running on combustion engines is allowed, the fuel
sales would in theory fall, if everybody would switch, which will not
happen because the new cars are more expensive than the old cars. Who
will buy a hybrid for twenty thousand, when you can drive a brand new
Indian TATA motors car for five thousand bucks? There are millions of
used cars still around, all work well and are dirt cheap. Hybrid cars
save the environment, but if you have an old fashioned car and you
drive a third less than before, you are approximately in the same
emission region. New conventional cars have extremely low emissions,
compared to the old ones, hybrid cars are just a tad lower than the new
ones. This new movement seems to be a huge lemon, but the government
incentives lowering the prices significantly may make all the
difference. The financial crisis came at the wrongest possible moment,
if you are in the automotive industry. You are helping save some of the
environment, which may be in vain if the Chinese continue with nuclear
testing programs. Hybrid cars are a nice compromise, but will most
likely be the dud of the century.

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