Okay, but that's hardly an argument against hybrids and vehicles like the Smart Car. There is plenty of real estate within the United States, and the whole world for that matter, where one never sees a snow flake. Yet many folks there drive SUVs, Hummers, and other gas-guzzling road crushers.

I'm not advocating "one size fits all," I'm advocating "look around you and use your head."

Don Firth