From Sandy Henderson
It is strange indeed that a modest price rise for fuel in the US sparks a sharp increase in the sale of hybrid-engined vehicles, despite the fuel savings taking about seven years to finance the extra capital costs (11 September, p 22). In the UK, someone driving the same distance at our fuel prices could recover these costs in less than three years.
One has to wonder what, or who, is dissuading manufacturers from promoting the technology in this country. Diesel-electric hybrids offer even greater fuel savings; and the emissions problem is not unsolvable.
Braco, Perthshire, UK
