In a typical week, I put about 350 miles on my truck traveling between customers. As gasoline has crept up this past couple of years and peaked at over $3 per gallon this summer, I have noticed a difference in the vehicles on the road. I see many more Toyota Priuses and other hybrids on the road. High oil prices or not, I personally think that hybrid vehicles should be a standard in the 21st century with all of our technologies.
As a technology expert and fan, I find it not only absurd, but also disgusting that since 1980, American vehicles have increased average miles per gallon by only 0.5 MPG.
In addition to hybrid vehicles on the road with me, I have also noticed an increase in bicycles and mopeds taking to the street. Necessity is always the mother of invention, and I applaud the high gas prices and hope they elevate to more than $5 per gallon to force all of us to not be so complacent about energy consumption and get auto makers producing more efficient vehicles for us to use. I don't personally own a high mileage vehicle yet (both of mine get around 20 MPG), but when it comes time to replace one of my vehicles, it will most definitely be a hybrid.
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