I'm 35 years old. There are Toyota Land Cruisers still on the road that are Older Than Me. A few years back I sold a futon to a guy who was driving a '66 Land Cruiser.

SUVs have been around a LONG time. Anybody remember Willys? International Harvester? They're not a new thing. That they have entered the mainstream is a fairly new thing.

Some have good use for them, some don't. But to suggest that the driver of an SUV supports the foreign oil market more than the driver of any other vehicle with a V-8 engine, or any other internal combustion engine, is just a little silly.

I am all for reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and on oil altogether. We need an engine that runs on garbage. Now, you may think that's funny, but just remember, Mark Twain wouldn't invest in the telephone because he didn't think it would take off.

Decaying food waste produces gas. Surely there's some way we can work with that.