Tom Friedman calls today for readers who want to be green to add "choosing the right leader" to changing your light bulbs. He cites the work in New York of City Councilman David Yassky who learned that local laws made it illegal to convert the city's taxi fleet to hybrids. Yassky formed SmartTransportation.org to lobby for changes.

Using the health implications of dirty air as a convincing argument, SmartTransportation succeeded and now Mayor Michael Bloomberg is requiring all cabs to be hybrids or other low emission vehicles that get 30 miles to a gallon within five years.

The big additional benefit of the hybrids? Cab drivers are saving $30 a shift on gas.

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