Have you seen the new Ford Escape ad?
The daughter asks her Dad to drop her off before they get to their destination because her friends all have Hybrids. When the Dad informs her that his truck is a hybrid she asks him why he never said that.
His response? "I didn't think I had to," inferring that it's a negative to actually talk about being environmentally aware.
Hey numb-nuts Ford owner - talk about it, especially to your kids. They're counting on it.
Strangely, I also get the occasional comment that since this is a "tech blog" I should avoid talking politics here.
Here's the payoff - every Friday night at Shabbat we pass a question around the dinner table for everyone to answer. The latest one was about something you wanted to fight for in the world. My daughter talked about helping animals, I talked about global warming, and then it was my eight-year old son's turn.
"I want to end that war, the Iraq War. As far as I can tell all wars are bad so this one should end."
My son is in an enrichment program at school, builds Snap Circuits and robots, and read all the Harry Potter books in the second grade - but that is the smartest thing he's ever said.
He's not afraid to talk about it and neither am I.
Save the planet and end the damn war.
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