I talk here often about ways to save money and occasionally bring up ways to be green and save. One idea for saving money is to spend less on gas. Besides stop buying gas completely, buying a hybrid vehicle might be a way to achieve some gas savings. The big problem, however, is that it might take way too long too make up the savings in gas to pay for the premium that hybrids now command. There are, of course, other reasons to buy a hybrid vehicle besides saving money, but this is still a concern for many folks.

There are several savings calculators that help determine your potential savings for buying a hybrid, and this one from CNET does the trick in addition to also linking to a hydrid car buyer’s guide with some useful information. You can also get more information on hybrids from prognog.com.