Okay, well maybe the masses are not all unwashed, although I wonder sometimes when in a crowded elevator.

But -- have you had any success in converting other folks into buying a hybrid?

I have played a part in encouraging two of my colleagues here at work to buy hybrids. There are now three Honda Civic Hybrids in the HP parking lot where I work. Sadly, we all fit the stereotype of educated, from California, techno-geek types. No conversions yet from the redneck, 'you got a hemi?' crowd. But that doesn't mean I'll stop trying.

Oh yes, and one other colleague is waiting for his current automobile to expire (probably this year), and then he plans to buy an Insight. Hybrids rule.

Anyway -- anybody else have any luck in spreading the good word about hybrids?