I find it somewhat amusing that my 50mpg (yes really, I checked) VW TDI cannot get a carpool sticker because it doesn't use "hybrid" technology (I guess that means it doesn't have a lot of dangerous heavy metal batteries), yet gets better milage than a Toyota or Honda hybrid in the very same carpool lanes it allows access to. (Hybrid benefits are mainly in stop and go city traffic, they have no benefit at highway speeds)

I just marked it down to fashionable political posturing - making is seem like our lawmakers are "doing something" while in reality completely missing the point.