Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Make Smokes, Not Smog?

While doing a little Christmas travel on I-20 eastbound recently, I observed a man of conflicting values. He was a middle-aged man, driving his silver Honda Insight hybrid happily down the highway, puffing away on a cigarette. Okay, so if he wants to pollute his own air and not ours I can appreciate that. What happened next, though, had me on the fence between laughter and tears. Mr. Insight finished his cigarette, rolled down the window, and tossed out the butt. Yep, he's a litterbug. One of the simplest ways to save the planet is to properly dispose of our trash, and Mr. Insight just couldn't be bothered. Too bad Honda didn't install a mechanism for reducing that kind of pollution.

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