The Hybrid Revolution

I realize that in our global community transportation is a necessary part of life. My question is how the only solution did, or at least what's being portrayed as a solution, become the hybrid car? When you look at the entire lifecycle of a vehicle, the largest portion of emissions CO2 and others occur from the manufacture of the vehicle itself. Now with safety regulations and other industry standards, those emissions will remain the same regardless of the type of vehicle. On the other hand the numerous batteries that are utilized in hybrid vehicles have to be created and the correct servicing for these additional portions must be accounted for which may increase its environmental footprint.

In either case, a new car being manufactured will lead to a tremendous impact on the environment. Maybe the solution is to refurbish an older vehicle, or take public transit, or just boycott that form of transportation all together. The world still requires shipping to circulate food, products and even people for the health of the world economy. But there has to be other ways of doing so. Further investigation needs to be done before we put all our "eggs" in the hybrid basket.