This reminds me of a scene from Kicking & Screaming with Will Ferrell: Will Ferrell's character is about to park his Prius hybrid when a Hummer H2 cuts him off and takes up two spots.
(paraphrased) Phil Weston: Hey, you didn't have to take up two spots. Lady in H2: Yes I did...do you see the size of that thing. (noticing Weston's Prius) Oh, isn't that cute. You must be one of those environmentalists. Go Hemp! (and walks off) --- On Sunday, December 04, 2005 11:04 AM, Gruss Gott scribed: --- > > So on another board people that drive gas guzzlers were asking how to > deal with eco-minded friends that view such vechicles as not > eco-friendly. I'm curious whether there's any thoughts on this here. > > I took the alternative view that gas guzzling vechicles are the MOST > eco-friendly because: > > The big Eco argument is that oil may not be a feasible renewable > resource. (There's some new science suggesting that oil is not > dinosaurs, but a renewable resource.) > > The problem with alternative energy, however, is that until the price > of oil reaches an "pain threshold", it makes no economic sense to > develop alternative energy like hybrid or fuel cells. > > (If gas prices keep dropping BTW, Hybrid sales will fall off.) > > So what you're doing is your part in helping to drop gasoline supply, > thus raising prices, thus encouraging development of alternative > fuels. > > Fuel-efficient cars only draw out this likely event by delaying the > point where there's serious development of alternative fuels. > > So, really, there's nobody that drives something more eco-friendly > than you. You're just taking the long view. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185750 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
