Texas and global warming

Texas has been labeled the most carbon-emitting state in the US. (Surprised?) But what really cracked me up was this quote from the "Public Citizen's Texas" officer, "Smitty" Smith. (Yes, if I lived in Texas, I would be proud to know that "Smitty" was hard at work representing my citizen interests.)

"Texans have long had their heads in the sand and now the sand is getting so hot that they're starting to pull it out and look around at what other states are doing," said Tom "Smitty" Smith, director of Public Citizen's Texas office.

... also ...

Teri Kuester, a textbook consultant, drives a Toyota Tundra pickup around Austin. "We need the ability to go to Home Depot, to go to Lowe's and be able to haul stuff back," she said. "We need the ability to go to the nursery and bring back plants."

So if you are reading this and live in Texas, enjoy your next trip from your home in suburbia to WalMart in your SUV (or you can drive your full-cab pickup truck if you want). You never know when you just might need all that space to actually haul those giant trees you're buying from Lowe's to offset the gas you wasted driving around Austin! (Teri, seriously, how big are these plants!?)