Hardly.

GM is finding ways to reduce costs in what is essentially a company run by clueless management.

GM installs hybrid systems primarily in their large SUV's and a few mid-sized cars - none in their smaller cars. For instance, the 6,000 pound Escalade gets 24 miles per gallon with the hybrid option.

GM"s first foray into electric vehicles is a porker sports car (3,600 lbs).

We've decided to give GM a bailout that is actually 8 times the current value of the company.

Much of this money will be spent on union wages and benefits that are far in excess of other workers in this country.

So my point is that, yes, there is efficiency gains going on all around us - yet the macro level cluelessness has yet to be addressed.

GM is not green, and is probably clueless, but there is some counter-intuitive utility in putting hybrid engines in larger cars. More gas is saved when an Escalade owner forgoes the 15 mpg gasoline-powered truck for a 20 mpg Escalade hybrid than when a Civic owner upgrades to a Civic hybrid.