A modest proposal

Yesterday, I had my regular I’m-Getting-On-My-Bike-Again-and-This-Time-I’m-Sticking-With-It-and-Not-Going-Another-Six-Months-Between-Rides ride around the neighborhood. I do this every time the weather turns nice in Texas — which means, once every six months or so.

Anyhow, while riding along a mildly busy road, I came up with an easy solution to air pollution and global warming. What if we just moved exhaust pipes to the front of cars, instead of the rear? Make us all suck our own emissions, instead of complaining about the person ahead of us?

You can bet this would cut down on unnecessary trips to the store. And it would have the added benefit of killing off the drivers of the largest SUVs soonest.

I still want to take a coast-to-coast drive in a comfortable old German car or maybe a simple camper someday, so maybe we should try some other planet-saving measures first, just to make sure I am inconvenienced as little as possible.