Hybrid cars are not the answer to the current fuel crisis in the United States. A common misconception about cars is that electric motors can somehow use less energy to propel a vehicle along a road. This is not the case, as the laws of physics cannot be bent. An automobile needs a certain amount of energy to travel along a road at a certain speed, regardless of the source providing that energy. These so-called “green” cars, considered hybrid and electric cars, are actually less environmentally friendly than their internal combustion engine-powered counterparts. That said, they only seem so efficient because the subject matter they're tested on doesn't accurately represent how a typical daily driver would drive. Automakers neglect to provide useful information about a hybrid's performance—that is, a hybrid's fuel economy while the battery charges. It's often the case that the battery needs to be recharged after 40-60 miles of driving, and this is where fuel economy isn't so rosy. The plug-in solutions that manufacturers push for mass adoption are only creating more pollution. The dirty air rising from power plant chimneys is a byproduct of burning coal, which in turn provides electricity to charge a hybrid's batteries. Sir Isaac Newton's third law of motion states that: “If body A exerts a force on body B, then body B will exert an equal and opposite force on A for the same period of time” (Wikipedia). In relation to driving a car, this means that for a vehicle to accelerate down a road, it must overcome wind resistance and friction between the tires and the pavement. More importantly, both forces are tied to… the center of the paper… the wall” is anything but eco-friendly. The automakers' marketing and advertising teams are having a lot of fun creating this false image of an economically viable hybrid, and it definitely isn't. Car companies cannot rewrite the laws of physics that govern the world we live in. These bold claims of great fuel economy and environmental friendliness are misleading the uninformed public. A car's fuel efficiency is directly related to its aerodynamic efficiency, not the various sources that power it. If fuel efficiency is measured in miles per gallon, then clearly an electric motor, which does not directly use fuel, will produce greater statistics than its gasoline-powered counterparts. Electric motors will inevitably replace today's gas-powered cars, but they should only do so when they can create less pollution, which is not possible at the moment..