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Should a Green Writer Buy a Hybrid?
4:15 pm in car, Cars & Transportation, hybrid cars, transportation by TreeHugger
Having lived in New York City for five years, I've come to relish the car-less life. Honestly, I was never a huge fan of the things; I wasn't a natural driver, and I didn't care to be. I drove slowly and boringly (and sometimes poorly), often to the chagrin of my passengers. So I'm perfectly at home hopping on the subway and wandering around on foot.
But there are scant few places in the nation where you can get by without a car. Which is why Mother Jones' environmental reporter, Kate Sheppard, has decided she's going to buy one. And in a piece that I think deftly sums up the concerns of many conscious auto con...Read the full story on TreeHugger
