Thursday, February 01, 2007

LA musings

LOS ANGELES -- Out here in LA it's amazing how often cars and taxis are used. One would think that in a city that's known for it's environmental activist, people would be more "green" when it comes to their transportation of choice.

Ironically, a recent UCLA report found that "the Hollywood/LA film and television industry emits a whopping 140,000 tons a year of ozone and diesel particulate pollutant emissions from trucks, generators, special effects earthquakes and fires, demolition of sets with dynamite and other sources. "

I wished I'd had a camera with me on Monday when I walked by a black Hummer with the following license plate: 7 MPG. Parked right next to it, in it's shadows, was a Toyota Prias. Only in LA...

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