I don't think there is too much of a difference because the hybrid will be running on EV most of the time anyways.
For him, this is probably true, for me it wouldn't be, as there is a distance thing. However, there is a difference in personal contentment. I know hi quite well and he would "feel" the choice he made either more positively or negatively depending.
Yep. Everyone has a price, and no one truly knows what theirs is, until conditions are met.