Hank, your 2nd point is emotionally compelling (certainly in my case, I burn gas to fish, both driving to Edmonds, and running my boat from there)....

But factually, you (and AuntyM) know that the real solution to this is not single people buying hybrids, it is a systemic problem and needs systemic solutions. I'll take the same efforts required to row my boat, and geometrically increase it's effectiveness by re-directing it into developing technology, advocating policy, and dispelling the fictions circulated by Fox News. I believe my contributions there are more likely to succeed with scale than rowboat fishing as a "lead by example" move.

And by way of analogy, there are plenty of advocates for the health and well-being of salmon and steelhead runs, who happen to be salmon and steelhead fishermen too. This doesn't strip their moral authority in my view, either.