[gogeo]

Often the comments in this forum reflect a range of experience not possessed by the poster...

Often, the comments in this forum reflect:

---a lack of willingness to read an article...

---a total willingness to create straw men...

--a total commitment to the idea that unless an alternative will fix every problem and address every situation, it isn't worth considering (and the poster who suggests it is a flaming moron, liberal, Clinton supporter, etc...

[Myrddin]

Progress is often made in increments. Still, it doesn't survive or thrive unless it is an economic win. New technology in the early stages requires patrons with money to burn on "cool" technology. People who don't care about the bottom line. HDTV is a good example. When the kinks are worked out and the efficiencies of mass production drop the price, then the average joe can participate. Hybrid cars are still in the "cool" technology phase. They are significantly more expensive than simple gasoline engine driven vehicles. The people who buy them aren't saving any money over the service life of the vehicle. It is all about owning a "cool" hybrid right now. Let's see if the automakers can do for hybrids what the HDTV industry has done for their product. If the price was identical and all the kinks were worked out, I would probably buy a hybrid. It won't happen for a while. My 1999 F150 4x4 had 22500 miles on it when I purchased it in August 2003. It has 29500 miles on it today. When it reaches 100,000 miles, I'll have a look at a hybrid as a replacement.