Re: Hybrid vehicles isn't the answer....
I agree with Starving Student -- I think we had a post on here about Hybrids earlier this year or back around December.
Hybrids don't save money, they just allow you to use a little less gas, and it's not as much of a gas-savings as you'd expect because their EPA mileage ratings are a little off (they have revised their test conditions that they use to come up with mileage on new cars, and new mileage figures will be coming out in 2007, I believe?)
The battery thing is an issue -- The batteries are expensive and they will take up a lot of space, wherever you end up needing to dispose of them. (there are 8 I believe, in the Prius). And you will definitely have a need to replace the batteries over the life of the car unless you are leasing it. Not sure how much those cost...
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