Disclaimers: I'm not a Hybrid owner. My next car will be a hybrid. I own a Honda Element and a Hyundai Elantra. I average about 24mpg in the Element and about 29 in the Elantra.

My circumstance is that my office is 30 miles from my house. That's a 60-mile roundtrip. If I did that 5 days a week, I would burn through approximately 12 gallons of fuel.

My other options:

1) Carpool. I share rides with 2 of my coworkers during the week. So, maximum, I drive 150 miles a week commuting instead of 300. (I have to drive a few miles to where we all meet.)

2) Ride the bus. I can get from my house to my office without driving at all, although there's a half-mile walk included on each end of that. I should note, however, that that is a LONG 90-minute trip each direction. (I live in KY and work in OH, so I have to change buses in downtown Cincinnati each way - the states run different bus systems.)

So, can any of you hybrid owners carpool or ride the bus? Or move closer to work? Just wondering about the though processes of others like myself. I mean, I could sell the Element today and save some fuel and do less damage to the environment by purchasing a hybrid. However, I COULD just move a lot closer to work, or take the bus exclusively, and do even more.

So, where's that line drawn?

Thanks in advance for the responses!