B Anderson wrote:
> declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > Coming out of the airport freight terminal I saw my first hybrid truck
> > today, a Toyota "Dyna" (3 ton job?). I thought at first that it might
> > have been a promotion vehicle for Toyota but it turned out to be part
> > of Panasonic's logistics network.
> >
> > In Aichi at least the hybrid passenger vehicles are pretty much
> > everywhere now, with a lot more minivans (mostly Estima) and RV types
> > than the subcompact Prius and the Lexus models. I wonder how long it
> > will be before Hino releases a hybrid tractor-trailer or large bus.
>
> I'm afraid it will not be enough to avert the coming apocalypse:
>
> http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net

Apocalypse schmockalypse. Browsing that title list reminded me of Paul
Krugman's wonderfully succinct phrase - "airport economics".