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Monday, January 5, 2009 12:00 AM

Did I just buy an SUV?

I didn't mean to. I am an environmentalist. Really. But before I knew it, there it was, in front of my house.
By Mark Benjamin

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 12:59 PM

    Children and their friends

    Remember what it was like when we were growing up? People would cram children in the back. Tommy and Billy and Jane and Bobby and Jeff and Stacey all fit in the back seat at the same time.

    Now, Sage and Hunter and Apple and Riley and Eli and Scout require 2 autos.

    Which leads me to an 'ask pablo' moment. How many tons of noxious emmisions are in our atmosphere because of the law requiring a seat belt for every passenger? How many tons of carbon emmissions equal the life of one child?

    —Mikes Pace Read Mikes Pace's other letters

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