I drive a gas-hungry pickup truck and I have no plans to trade it in for a fuel efficient sedan much less a hybrid. It’s not that I haven’t been hit hard by gas prices too. I just spent $75.00 on a little over 18 gallons of gas last night. Many of you have known me for years as ‘CheapAzz‘ so you would think that I would be first in line for the savings of driving a smaller vehicle. I drive a F-150 and the mileage sucks. I like my truck. Can a Honda Civic carry a load of top soil home? Can it pull my trailer or haul the twelve sheets of plywood I just bought? Can it pull my wife’s car out of the ditch or drag my children’s broke down clunkers home?

I drive very little and if I needed to travel more I would probably consider buying a third car, used of course, to run errands. It’s a free Country and it’s my choice what to drive.

All of the sudden everyone is turning green. It was perfectly ok to run around in their SUVs and mini vans until it hit their pocketbooks. I understand the need to conserve and save money but let me say, “Just because you went out and over-paid for a lesser vehicle doesn’t make you any better than everyone else“. Concerned for the environment? Great, more power to you. Just get your nose out of the clouds and save your dirty looks for that car payment.

Far too many people have converted to the ‘Go Green Religion‘ for the wrong reasons. Not because they’re environmentalists or concerned citizens. They jumped on the green bandwagon to feel superior. They go around and give their unsolicited advice about what to drive and why. I have something to say to those obnoxious idiots;

That’s Right I Said It,
Brian D. Hawkins

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