As far as an article that claims to debunk hybrid myths goes, this one seems to be among the fairer that I've seen. Of course I think hybrid cars, when driven properly, attain excellent FE and thus save a lot of money, in contention with the first two points in the article. However, I will concede that hybrid technology is currently too expensive WRT other gas-saving models to be viable in only the economic aspect. One could get almost hybrid-like FE for probably less than 2/3 the price of a Prius or HCH in a non-hybrid compact.

Maybe after the recent surge in hybrid popularity takes full effect on public hybrid awareness, we'll stop getting the famous question "do you have to plug it in?" I've had some very smart classmates of mine that I respect very much ask me that question. My standard answer is "no, the batteries are charged through regenerative braking", even though the true answer is "no, but I sure WISH I could plug it in".

Edit: this is in reference to the article that Tigerhonaker posted in the first post.