A native American proverb says: "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." Think about it! At this rate what are we leaving our children? In this modern day and age every one of us needs to think of how we are going to contribute to the environment and what we are going to do to stop polluting the environment, and thinking about getting one of those new hybrid vehicles is a step in the right direction.

People who live green believe that the new hybrid vehicles are a great investment. Even makers realize that today's consumers are requiring more of these types of these cars. This is pretty surprising seeing as how this type of car was not quite so popular just a few years ago.

Hybrids use a combination of gas and electricity. They don't damage the environment as much and they are great on gas. These cars have both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine. They share both gas energy and electric. There are two types of hybrids on the market the full hybrid and the mild hybrid.

Mild hybrids use more gasoline than electric energy and they are better than full gasoline engines, but still not as good as the full hybrid vehicle.

Full hybrids can function on electric energy independently and when they work on electric energy they eliminate those terrible, harmful emissions.

Current hybrids on the market are:

Cars 1. Toyota makes two vehicles that are hybrids, the Toyota Prius and the Camry. Both of these cars get more than 40 miles per gallon in the city and 40 on the highway. 2. Honda has two hybrid vehicles, the Honda Accord and the Honda civic. The civic gets 49 miles per gallons and the Accord gets 25 MPG. Trucks 1. Chevrolet has the Chevy Silverado Classic 15 which comes in both 2wd and 4wd. This truck gets 18 mpg in the city and 21 mpg on the highway 2. GMC Sierra Classic 15 comes in 2wd and in 4wd and reaches 21 mpg in the city and 18 on the highway.

Cars * Honda Civic Hybrid gets 49 mpg in the city and 51mpg on the highway. * Honda Accord Hybrids get 25 mpg in the city and 34 mpg on the highway * Toyota Prius gets 48 mpg on the highway and 54mpg on the highway * Lexus GS 450h gets 25 mpg in the city and 38mpg on the highway * Nissan Altima HEV gets 42 mpg in the city and 36 mpg on the highway * Nissan Altima gets over 40 miles per gallon and 36MPG on the highway * The Lexus GS 450h gets 38 mpg on the highway

Trucks * GMC Sierra Classic 15 hybrid comes in 2WD and 4WD. The 2WD gets 18 mpg in the city and 21 mpg in the highway. * Chevy Silverado Classic 15 Hybrid comes in both 2WD and 4WD. The 2WD gets 18 mpg in the city and 21 mpg on the highway. The 4WD gets 17 mpg and 19 mpg on the highway.