If children are our future, Hummer had better step off. The most hated car in America is still getting love from kids, no thanks to the General Motors’ shameless pandering. Hummers have appeared in Happy Meals, as a battery-operated Power Wheels toy (described in this ad as “adorable”), as radio controlled toy cars, as pedal cars, and in countless other forms. Your little angels can even be lulled to sleep nestled snug in a Hummer bed.  Does this remind anyone else of cigarette companies advertising in children's magazines?

This issue came to mind when, a few weeks ago, new neighbors moved in next door. Their family vehicle, parked proudly in the driveway? A Hummer. Then, yesterday, I noticed more wreckage in the back yard: two kiddie Hummers, just like the ones mom and dad drive. Killing the planet is just so cute!

What happens when Hummer-lovers procreate? Do they unleash a new generation of GM followers who have zero appreciation for the Earth, nevermind the growing scarcity of fuel? It saddens me to see these kids wheeling around in their Hummers, crushing daisies and pillaging the planet. As I recall, it’s up to kids to help educate their old-school parents (raised in an age of endless Earthly energy) about ecology and progressive movements to preserve energy and our environment. (As a kid, I remember stubbornly insisting on recycled toilet paper for the entire family. This, of course, was not popular. I also imposed a boycott on paper plates, the circus, and plastic cups. I dug up part of the lawn and planted a sustainable vegetable garden. I nagged my parents to recycle. They were irritated, but relented.) If kids fall into the clutches of Hummer and its planet-raping brethren, we’re in monster-truck-sized trouble.

Sources: Autoblog and Grist. 

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Steve said:

Here's one for you. I bet the kiddie hummers are plug-in electrics...

May 20, 2008 | url

MarkR said:

"What happens when Hummer-lovers procreate?" At these gas prices, They ride their bike to work like myself. Or they are like the Owner of the Oriental restaurant I visit regularly. She sold her H2 for a Benz that gets a tad better GPM. Besides hummer owners are real people too, so suck up your pride and get to know your neighbor, step down from you judges bench, you'll be better off and less bitter. Also you'll have a better chance at converting them by getting to know them, than shooting arrows at them over the internet, and looking down your nose at them over the fence. Besides I'd like to scoop some of those little toy cars up because they will be a collectors item some day. And if they get cheep enough I'd buy a Real H1 or maybe a H2 as a collectors item. If my boys are anything like me they would love to have a piece of history like the H1.

May 20, 2008

Morgan said:

Hummer drivers could use more than a carectomy, they need the Planet Police: http://video.titantv.com/content/000B00CP/video.aspx

May 22, 2008 | url

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