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Totally. And the problem with the Prius doesn't so much lie in each individual car, but in the likely numbers of them that will be produced--rather more than Hummers. As a marketing strategy, greenwash is contagious--compare claims in the 70s that smaller cars would reduce oil dependency and congestion. Result? The two-car household and far more cars.

Ah yes, but this is, in part, because the claims of the 70's weren't followed through on. We haven't obeyed the requirement of smaller cars for this model to work.

Interestingly enough it looks like we might be about to enter an era of micro-commuting. People using smaller, lower occupancy cars for commuting to escape congestion at it's most prevalent time. Bear in mind that owning cars doesn't increase congestion or oil dependancy, it's having them on the road.