If you want to buy a Prius for fuel economy, that is a logical decision. However, to say that your driving a Prius around will save the earth is just foolishness. The Prius is outselling the Honda Civic Hybrid, which is a more superior car in design and function by all points of comparison, because it stands out like a sore thumb on the road. People recognize it for its peculiar shape and the ostentatious Hybrid sign. People are not simply buying a fuel efficient car that is economical; they are buying into the idea that the Prius is a magical- environmentally-friendly car that will erase all their past and current wastefulness that still continues to pollute the earth.

Enough of my rant, here’s the article from Wired Magazine that talks about hybrid cars and why they are not all that “green”:

http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-06/ff_heresies_09usedcars?showAllComments=true