I hate to pick on Jay Leno, but he really makes it too easy. While Leno is a famous gearhead, he seems to share the same basic misunderstanding as many environmentalists who paint the internal combustion engine as the scourge of the planet. Specifically, he seems to think that if a car is powered by something other than gas, it magically becomes non-polluting:
LENO: it’s pretty neat. and this week, we drove — today, I drove the ford escape hybrid. This is what they call a plug-in hybrid. Now, this is not something on the market yet. It’s still a little bit experimental. It’s a hybrid car, but you plug it in at home and you get 40 miles free, essentially. EUBANKS: Whoa. LENO: So, after about 40 miles, the gas engine will kick in. You can charge up the battery if you drive it again. But my commute is like, 18, 19 miles. So, I drive in, plug it in here, drive home. I use no fuel at all…
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