I started my first enviromental activism as a junior in high
school in 1970 circulating petitions over plastic bottles and
landfill issues.About that same time I planted my first organic
garden of many to follow. Later I spent three years in South
America, including a year in the rainforest, during which time my
use of, and very access to, high energy consumption, was severely
curtailed.
For the last 12 years I have been driving a truck across country
for a living. I have seen more severe weather than I care to
remember. And I have seen notable changes in the length of seasons,
shifting weather patterns across regions and an enormous apathy
from the citizenry in general. You ask about hybrids but what about
the sheer number of SUVs, pickup trucks for people who never pick
anything up, Hummers for heaven's sake, wave runners and dune
buggies to mention but a few. Just starting there would be a great
help.