My friend Steve, who publishes the Children and Nature Journal, suggested I might want to rant about a new book titled The Sky's Not Falling! Why it's OK to chill about global warming.

I haven't read Ms. Fretwell's book and don't plan to. The following blurb was enough to tell me that the author is in deep denial:

While riding a bike saves energy and is a great exercise, it gives you less time to do other things, like sports or homework. We drive our car because it gets us to work and play faster.

She may be in denial, but she's right.

We drive our car because:

• McDonald's, Pizza Hut, the local Java Shack and all Jackon banks  have drive-up windows
• the bus stop is two blocks away and the bus only runs every 15 minutes
• there will be plenty of parking in the new parking garage downtown
• how else are you supposed to get the case of bottled water to soccer practice?
• who in their right mind would spend tens of thousands of dollars on a status symbol and leave it parked in their garage?
• why spend all that money on a heated driveway if you're not going to take the SUV out for a spin?
• bottom line: were just plain lazy.

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