At the time of this writing, there is a game being played. And I think the game is called "facing the oil crisis of the United States." The main players are the automakers, the government, maybe the EPA and of course people from being spectators who are involuntary easily attracted to the show.
And the game pieces are car fuel economy also known as hybrid cars.
I begin by stressing the point that I do not know everything there is to know about this so-called "impending oil crisis". And I'm not sure if anyone knows all there is to know about this impending oil crisis also. However, I am pretty sure hybrid cars would not solve the problem of foresight, not at least for a few more years.
One might notice a massive influx of hybrid cars on the roads today, yet did nothing to help put a dent in the problems of oil, but the benefit of a dilemma in for carpooling. Since January 2005, owners of hybrid cars were allowed to use carpool lanes even when driving alone. Given that thousands of hybrid cars have been sold since 1999, some carpool lanes are becoming more congested as the roads regular they are supposed to alleviate.
According to a report prepared for the last eight years, made by the U.S. Department the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Energy, the widespread presence of the fuel economy of cars supposedly saved only a meager total of 5.5 million barrels of oil. It is a rather painful contrast against the 8.5 million barrels per day about the power of using current light private vehicles. But even then, researchers are very optimistic with regard to fuel economy cars. They concluded that fuel economy for cars to have an impact, they must at least cover more than 50% of the car population in the United States. And since growth in sales of these cars for fuel economy, it's just a matter of time.
On a personal note, can fuel economy cars help reduce gasoline consumption? Yes, they could, depending on your driving habits. However, if we considers the initial cost of hybrids, you may want to reconsider buying one. One of the biggest challenges of fuel economy cars is that it takes so long to pay the additional cost of purchase. Even in the best case (as with one of the most popular hybrid, the Toyota Prius), five years time is already considered lucky. One could purchase a standard 4-cylinder Toyota for a price much lower and fuel economy of these models are just outstanding. Again, it all depends on you're driving habits. Personally, being a city driver, I get excellent mileage with my four cylinder.
So what is your motivation for buying a car fuel economy? Is that the environmental aspects? Whatever May be, I personally would not buy a hybrid for purely economic reasons.
Kerry Ng is a successful Webmaster and publisher of The Hybrid Cars Info Blog. For more great helpful information about hybrid cars visit http://www.hybridcarsinfoblog.com
