This just came in over the wire....posted by "The Onion"..enjoy

Green-Conscious GE Develops Hybrid Lightbulb

October 2, 2006

FAIRFIELD, CT—One year after pledging to develop more energy-efficient products, General Electric Co. unveiled a product it is calling its most eco-friendly lighting source to date: the first-ever gasoline-electric hybrid lightbulb.

"With the price of gas escalating as its supply dwindles, now is the perfect time to introduce innovative lighting technology that only relies on this fast-depleting, nonrenewable resource for a portion of its power," GE chairman Jeff Immelt said in a statement released Monday.


Link to rest of story..

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/53554

That diagram is a gem, I love it.

Prius 2006, bought September 14: