Are you touting or are you even considering buying a hybrid? You have to be kidding. After all engineers are trained in the fundamentals and to deal with things in a quantitative manner, not qualitatively. So let's take a deeper look and try to put this into some perspective.
What is a hybrid? Isn't it nothing more than a compromise? "Nicht ah heen, nicht ah her". This translates literally to "neither here nor there". However, the emotional impact in English is lost. That is exactly what a hybrid vehicle is. It is not the best possible gasoline powered vehicle and it surely is not a decent electric car. Instead it is a more complicated, more expensive means of transportation and is not the green car everyone thinks it is. Let me sidetrack with a couple of stories that may explain why I say the hybrid is the wrong way to go.
