I'm still up in the air about all this hybrid stuff...

I was at a dealer for car inspection and there was a Prius idling in the parking lot for over an hour. I went to a sales rep and mentioned it and he said they had to charge it. I guess you can't plug them in.

If you've got to let it idle to charge now and then, what's the point of having a hybrid?

Can you imagine a world where tens of thousands Prius's are in driveways idling away to charge thier batteries??....that's not saving our resources. I'd like to know if the MPG computer conveniently forgets idle time.

It all seems shady to me, like the hybrid is the bone the car companies throw to appease the environmentalists.