The Everything

The world is changing. It has been for at least as long as it has been in existence. It will be for as long as it is around. While on this planet we call the Earth, our home, we affect this change along with everything else, for good or ill. Our society has become a wasteful one, and unfortunately, a good number of people believe that it would be too hard to be otherwise.

I do not understand.

Why drive a pickup when a car that gets better gas mileage will suffice? Why in the world do so many people drive Hummers? Are low gas mileage cars status symbols?

I am seeing a lot of Honda Civics on the road, lately. Very cool car, but why not throw in the extra couple thousand and get the hybrid version? I have a 2003 model, and it is still the greatest car I have ever driven. Also, after five years of owning it, we have only had one bill of more than $100, and that was to get the (non-rechargeable) car battery replaced. Our best mileage came in last fill up at a little over 46mpg. I think it had to do with using synthetic oil (the last oil change was our first time using a synthetic, apparently; Honda's CVT motor oil, I am told, isn't) and driving at or just below the speed limit. Pretty wild, when you take into account that that was a 10% mile per gallon increase.

Anyway, the point I am trying to make here is that the world would be a better place if we all just tried a little bit to be less wasteful. We'd cut down on pollution, and cut down our expenses as well.