With gas approaching $5/gal, Hummers are nowhere to be seen. The Toyota Prius...

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...hybrid, however, is in such...? high demand, that new buyers are put on a 3 month waiting list. Hummers, in contrast, are selling so poorly that GM is seeking to discontinue the brand or pawn it off on any other carmaker willing to take the money-loser off its hands.

http://www.automotoportal.com/article/hummer-to-be-sold-to-the-chinese
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h8xKLNUkT6bPzdO61w5uGkBj_svQD91HVVDO1

If the Hummer, a.k.a. "the bushmobile", represents the Republican philosophy of hubris and excess, then does the Toyota Prius represent Al Gore's philosophy of economy, efficiency, and environmentalism? Which philosophy has proven correct by time?
 
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