| Traveling through McCarran International Airport in | | | | The good news is, that many big, medium and even |
| Las Vegas, it is not too surprising to see the "parking | | | | small cities around North America are already offering |
| lot" of limos when you walk out on the ground floor. | | | | "green" limo services, which includes everything from |
| Somehow, we have evolved and still often equate | | | | hybrids, to hydrogen kit cars. Not only are these |
| luxury travel, and the "fast life" of Las Vegas and big | | | | "green choices" better for the environment as they |
| cities with the "exclusivity" that comes from riding in | | | | produce less carbon emissions, but they are much |
| a stretch limo. (Did you know that most of these | | | | cheaper to fill up and operate too. So, don't buy into |
| limos, including the Hummers, Caddies, BMWs and | | | | the company that makes the "green" option more |
| Rolls, average between 9 and 12 miles per gallon?) | | | | expensive, its cheaper for them to operate and |
| One of the reasons that these cars are so pricey to | | | | maintain these vehicles, so let them pass on their |
| rent is the cost of filling them up with gasoline! | | | | savings to you. |
| Hopefully, one of the many things we will take away | | | | Show your kids it's "cool" to travel on those special |
| from the horrible disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is that | | | | occasions - graduations, weddings, bar mitzvahs, |
| there are hidden and not so hidden costs to our | | | | sweet-sixteens, bachelor and bachelorette nights - |
| addiction to oil. When we consume over 20% of the | | | | with a car service that offers a "green" energy |
| world's oil supply and produce only 2% of it, we need | | | | conscious, environmentally sustainable car option. Our |
| to think about "cutting back" across the board and | | | | kids will look at us someday, and question our choices |
| reducing our demand, as the supply tightens up | | | | of these inefficient vehicles; in a similar way to how |
| (anyone else take Econ 101 in college - it makes | | | | they look at cigarettes now, with disdain and |
| economic sense!) | | | | contempt for polluting the environment and ourselves. |