Global Warming Hypocrisy: What Do Democrats Drive?

The other day I was in a parking lot and saw one of our town's Democratic Party leaders driving by in a full-size pickup. And I know another one who always seems to be in a Ford Expedition - a very large SUV.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are flying all over the country in jets (supposedly a big contributor to global warming), and it always seems like these high profile figures (of both parties) travel around in the big SUVs, typically with windows tinted to excess (in violation of a stupid NY law), speeding past normal traffic.

I was driving on the Northway today (I-87 north out of Albany for those who aren't local). Following on the suggestion of my associate, and because we were in absolutely no hurry, I decided to go the speed limit in the right lane. It seemed like the vast majority of vehicles on the road were flying by us, and also the vast majority of vehicles were significantly larger than our 2002 Audi A4 wagon.

My car has a 4-cylinder engine and a manual transmission. It seems like most cars on the road have bigger engines and automatic transmissions - which means they are not as good on gas mileage as my car.

And an awful lot of the people driving fast in those big, powerful, inefficient vehicles are Democrats. The hypocrisy is not limited to the leaders (or the Democrats). A non-partisan friend of mine was arguing with me some time ago. He was concerned about global warming and I was, in my usual fashion, rather unconcerned. He seemed to think I was an idiot for not agreeing with him. All of this took place as he was driving us to an event in his V8 powered large sedan.