In a world where energy conservation has become a necessity, more people are opting for their newest car to be a hybrid. Now the hybrid car may have yet another use as a backup energy supply for your home. Recently, when tropical storms resulted in a power outage in Florida, enterprising hybrid owners plugged the car into the backup uninterruptable power supply in their homes to get the electricity up and running. As long as the car has fuel, it can produce about three kilowatts of continuous power, enough to keep the refrigerator running and the lights on in the average house.
"Car companies need to do a lot better in producing more efficient cars. They have the technology, we just need to demand them as consumers."
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