At the end of the day, the only opinion that really matters must come from 'outsiders'. You don't ask the already-converted what their opinion is on a matter -- you ask some reasonable person on the outside, if you want an unbiased opinion.

That's why articles like this are important. Us hybrid-loving insiders can talk all we want about how wonderful our cars are, and it has little effect on the rest of the world.

But when unbiased outsiders begin to give praise -- however muted -- to our technology, then I think we are making progress.

Nice article, thanks Sledge for posting it.