Actually, what I am finding is that the public is becoming more educated than the journalists who write this stuff. At least, that's true for the people I come in contact with.

It used to be (half a year ago) that my SUV guzzler friends would get a smirk when they found out I had a hybrid. And then say something about the toxic batteries, the poor mileage, etc. The same tripe that this guy is spewing.

Nowadays, however, they are genuinely interested, and impressed, and want to ride in the car and see the mileage. No more smirks. More of a quiet respect.

Maybe that's what happens to people who are exposed to hybrid owners -- they get more informed than the rest of the general public, who only get their information from articles like this.

My friends are more informed that these ridiculous journalists who keep rehashing the same stuff. This is making my very cynical of the current state of journalism today -- somebody says something interesting in 2003, and it keeps getting restated by other 'journalists' every month, claiming it as their own.