"It's a start."

"Imagine if we could develop a passenger car that averaged more than 100 miles per gallon... Surprise — we have all that technology today! We even have a handful of demonstration vehicles to prove it. All we lack is bold political and corporate leadership to put this technology in play immediately." (Kristof in the NYT today)

Could it be?!?!? Is Nick Kristof making a valid, pro-environment point? And he actually got it completely right? After the "green nukes" thing, the North American cheetah reintroduction thing, and the totally naive "Death of Environmentalism" thing, I hardly thought it was possible. So is he saying here that we need to require automakers to use existing technology to increase auto fuel economy? Bang on!

Oh, wait...he's talking about plug-in hybrids.

Again, again, again--people. Where do you think the electricity to power the plug-ins comes from? It doesn't count as clean or renewable if you have to burn oil, coal, or gas to get it.