Are Hybrids really green?
That is the question many people are asking now, as I have found the real question one should ask is “How much CO2 does it emit?” All car companies foreign or homegrown have leapt onto the “green bandwagon” and are touting their hybrid fuel efficient vehicles, but the fact that even the most fuel efficient hybrid still emits pollutants, is a sign that automakers have other plans. Hybrids used to be the environmentalists’ great shining hope for combating auto pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and gas guzzling. Those were the romance days for hybrids, the first two or three years following their introduction in 2000. But the honeymoon is over. With the emergence of performance-oriented hybrids, and ultra-mild hybrid systems, environmentalists now see the technology as one more example of how Big Auto has hoodwinked..