Micro Cars Suck

OK, I get that many people feel guilty about using fossil fuels. I understand that we use them faster than they can be replaced. I understand that the carbon level is a major concern for most. I just don't care much any more. The logic simply doesn't hold up for me.

First of all, when we say that carbon levels are rising, and that global temperatures are rising as a result, we make a lot of assumptions. We assume, for starters, that people are the source of all the carbon. We assume that the levels of carbon are harmful and higher than previous periods of history. We assume that carbon levels are the main driver of temperature change. We assume that temperatures are rising faster than ever before.

But we only have data going back to the mid 1800s. That's right. We are making sweeping assumptions about how a planet that is billions of years old reacts to change based on less than 1% of the data. That is called arrogance. I guess our 150 years are the most important. Of course we are the source of everything, because we are the most important part of the equation.

Ice core samples show that carbon levels have been higher in the past, before cars existed. Ice core samples give us indications that temperatures have been higher than they are today. But that information doesn't fit with the doomsday science, so we should just ignore it.

Not only is the world heating up as we foolishly burn fossil fuels, but it is your individual responsibility to make a difference. And I would like you to do that by putting your life at risk. Drive a micro car that goes twice as far on a gallon of gas. Just don't get in an accident. Because if you do your precious micro car will fold up like aluminum foil origami. But you'll get good mileage right up until that point.

As for me, I'm driving something that weighs more. I don't trust other drivers. But I do trust the laws of physics, and the laws of physics tell me that more weight (or more specifically mass) will equate to more safety in an accident. My doomsday scenario involves a car crash - which is a realistic possibility in my life. Global change based on very limit scientific observation will have to take a back seat for now (do micro cars have back seats?).