Hybrids: Don't buy the hype

NPR : Do Hybrid Cars Save Money?: "Morning Edition, September 30, 2005 Hybrid cars certainly save gas, but it's debatable whether they save money for consumers. Steve Inskeep talks with Joseph White, Detroit bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, who argues that -- at least for now -- they don't."

Hybrids: Don't buy the hype - Sep. 26, 2005: "Some simple calculations by our partners at Edmunds.com revealed the following:
A hybrid Honda Accord costs about $3,800 more than the comparable non-hybrid version, including purchase, maintenance and insurance costs. Over five years, assuming 15,000 miles of driving per year, you'll make up that cost in gasoline money if the price of gas goes up immediately to $9.20 a gallon and averages that for the whole period. "