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Ford hybrid emphasizes high mileage

In the article Ford hybrid emphasizes high mileage they state:

With gas prices below $2 a gallon, it would seem an inopportune time for the Ford Motor Company to introduce a hybrid sedan.

Now why would anyone say that a fuel sipper is being released at an inopportune time? Are we just trying to criticize companies for releasing cars that are fuel efficient? I mean even at $2 a gallon gas will never be considered cheap in my definition as it has much greater costs to the world, such impacts as global warming, and oil dependency to foreign nations are still present regardless if the price of fuel was $4 a gallon or $2 a gallon. Not to mention there was a time when gasoline at the pump was only $1.13 a gallon so for any editorial to write that it is ever an inopportune time to release a hybrid is absurd, there will always be consumers who are waiting for good hybrid vehicles to be released regardless of the price of fuel because they want to change their lifestyle, or have an impact on their daily lives and possibly save a few trips to the gas station. So is it really an inopportune time to release a hybrid? I don’t think so.