do we really?

Wandering around a town near my new digs with Scottaleh, we see this:

Granted, the guy was parked (thank god), but the car was still running.  Do we really need to be on our cells while playing with a Blackberry while letting the motor run in our frikkin' gas guzzling SUV's while we're parked?

Everybody should be free to do and be what they want, Scottaleh said.  But just not that. 

I second this emotion.  (the world IS too much with us ...)

Comments

[Kerstin]

I have to admit, I am with Wes in that my first thought was: maybe it was hot and he wanted to keep the A/C on while he was making his phone call? Having worked on the road myself for a few years this is exactly what I have done in the past, although I wasn't sitting in a huge SUV but in an energy efficient Audi A4 Diesel.

The world is not going to go back to how it was before we became such energy hungry nations. I find consolation in the fact that manufacturers are finally catching on and offering more efficient vehicles, although I still bought myself a pick-up truck simply because it's more practical in our situation and I love driving it (mind you, I got a 2- rather than 4-weel drive because it uses less gas.) And yes, on a hot and humid New England day I keep it running when I am parked for a few moments.

Unfortunately for many people it is still difficult to see the impact - positive or negative - of their own small actions. Our best hope is to raise environmentally conscious kids who CAN see the bigger picture.

[Wes]

As someone who glances at his Treo (tgft) once in a while, I have the need to defend this guy. I think you're really just annoyed with him because he's driving a gas guzzling SUV ... the blackberry and the cell phone ... not so much. Granted it's a bit humerous - but it's way better that he pulled over to do his multi-tasking. Maybe he had his a/c on and it was a quiet way to complete his phone call while reviewing an urgent email? Or maybe the he's Anti-Gore, a new evil alt superhero determined to burn a whole in the ozone over your new neighborhood?