[MagiK]

Ilander, you are soooo wrong about batteries...all you would be doing is trading one polutant for another.

Batteries by their very nature and construction are highly toxic and require
methods of extraction from the earth which are at least as damaging to the environment as pumping oil.

Like most people who are on the "Green" bandwagon you dont do the in depth research to see the harm that your "Green" solution does, all you do is look at the harm that is being done by the technology you wish to demonize at the time.

Not meaning to sound to harsh or critical here but people must avoid the shallow feel good solutions and give up the junk science (Batteries being cleaner than gas is junk science and is far far from an accurate picture)
Popular Mechanics had a really great article last year about the real cost/benefit analysis of battery powered automobiles....its not as cheery and green as it appears on the surface. It doesnt do us any good to give up one mess by creating another that will be as bad or worse, but different.

You are right we need efficiency over waste, reusability over throw away but you arent going to get it by mandating it if the science and technology isnt yet there.