http://greenhybrid.com/link/index.php
There's more of a market for hybrid cars than you think, especially with rising oil prices. The Lexus RS model SUV is now available in hybrid -- and they sold out on preorders.
But, just for the "command and control" supporters out there, California is going to pass a new greenhouse gas law that, among other things, will require better fuel efficiency and will reward hybrid vehicle fleets. This new law will also pick up slack where the federal government has failed to follow through with Kyoto.
And, under the Clean Air Act, once the "California Rule" has been adopted that is more strict than the federal rule, other states are allowed to adopt the "California Rule" without modification. Most all of the New England states have expressed their intention to do this.
Climate Change law is coming to America, and we're going to get dragged into it -- kicking and screaming most likely, but such is life.