New Congress, New Cars, New Times
Monday, January 1st, 2007Happy New Year. A new congress is ready to take their place. Everyone is counting on them for many things. One is to be more environmentally friendly. It’s not up to them. It’s up to us to let them know what direction to take. They represent us and can only do a better job if we supply them with accurate input as to how we feel. I urge you early on to call or e-mail our congress people with your concerns. If we went through the trouble to get them in there, to make a change, then follow through. John Edwards, the latest to throw their hat in the ring, has a point. It’s the idea that if someone isn’t managing the store well, then takes back the store. The meaning resides in another great quote, “Ask not what your country can do for you…”
So get acquainted with our reps. They reply to all e-mails in a pretty timely manner and offer a lot of further insight regarding our inquiries. I do it all the time. If you read my blogs, you’ve probably already assumed that. And believe it or not, there is a live person on the end of the phone on Capitol Hill. When you finish speaking they ask you if that is all you have to say because they are recording it. Our voice is heard, despite what you might think, that we can’t make a difference. We do.
As for change, for thinking green in all things, it will come faster if we make it happen. The faster the change, the less we’re inconvenienced. Mother Nature isn’t standing for any more pollution. She’s getting worse. There is no redeeming value in making things worse. It only makes the rich richer and the gamble greater. Odds are we lose in greater degrees by procrastinating. Besides, wealth can be had with a new economy filled with new invention, and new ideas. Think Jetsons.
I personally am looking forward to the auto show this year to witness the new green technology. At least to see where we are heading. I want to check everything out. I’m in the market the next year and a half, or more if I have to wait, for a hybrid. But I want either sporty or luxury and it better look good. They’ve got them going fast already, 185 mph for BMW. And Mazda has had a hybrid racecar since 2003. We shouldn’t mourn the passing of the old combustible engine. Quite frankly once we started hooking them up to a computer for diagnosis, was the era the tinkering “motor head” died. And that’s been awhile. Out with the old, and in with the new, really new, is a timely motto for the auto industry.