The Vanguard

http://www.dailytech.com/Toyota+Prius+Was+TopSelling+Vehicle+in+Japan+for+2009/article17360.htm It's interesting that each environmental advance seems to be led by a different country: Denmark leads in wind power with 20% of electricity generation, Japan leads in hybrid car adoption, China leads on building new nuclear power plants (50 in the next 10 years compared to 15 for the rest of the world), America leads on new wind turbine installations and solar thermal installations and all forms of innovation, Israel and Denmark compete for the lead on electric car adoption.