<HTML>Hi Garrett,
Unfortunately, the SUV has become the latest *status* symbol in our area. The ultimate hypocrisy here is seeing one of those SUV "moms" with her customized *environmental* license plate!!! :-(
Should we attribute the present state of mind to simple egocentrism, or have these people really bought into the perception that science (our gov't.?) always comes up with a way for us to dodge the bullet? What worries me the most is that it seems that (USA) society is presently antithetical to both a true spiritual (non-materialistic) philosophy of life as well as an informed scientific (environmentally sound) philosophy of life. And instead chooses only a self-serving delusional philosophy of life... a cause for concern indeed, imho.
Litz</HTML>
