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Texans' fondness for gas-guzzling trucks ...

I don't have the honor of being a Texan, but it seems to me that a lot of their "fondness for gas-guzzling trucks" has to do with large distances between cities and towns, quite a bit of undeveloped real estate, and more than the occassional need to haul/tow something bigger than a decaf latte from Starbucks.

May as well make the argument that farmers and ranchers have a "fondness for gas-guzzling trucks" or "gigantic, gas-guzzling tractors" to harvest their crops or long-haul truckers have a "fondness for gas-guzzling big rigs" to tow their trailers.

The libs need to get out of their urban hellholes and see what the rest of the country between the coasts looks like, and how her citizens live and work.

On second thought, just stay in your urban hellholes and leave the rest of us the h311 alone!

I don't have the honor of being a Texan, but it seems to me that a lot of their "fondness for gas-guzzling trucks" has to do with large distances between cities and towns, quite a bit of undeveloped real estate, and more than the occassional need to haul/tow something bigger than a decaf latte from Starbucks.

You are exactly right there.

Quite a few people outside of Austin, Houston, and Dallas live in places where it would be quite a hike or bike ride to get somewhere without using a motorized vehicle. Some of those live off the paved roads and would have a little enviro bread box bogged down to its axles after a rain or snow.

Little cars aren't much good for hauling cattle, either. Oh, I forgot, cows contribute to pollution too; we all should be vegetarians.

Thanks, Chrisser, for your comments.

You are right on target. Also, regarding this comment from the author: Texans polled last spring listed the Iraq war and immigration as the nation's most pressing issues, with fewer than 4 percent saying the environment was a top concern.

You can be sure they got their panties in a wad on this response, so they try to make it appear Texans don't care about a clean environment when I am sure the response is due to the fact that our state is clean and appears even cleaner than some due to the wide open spaces. We care as much as anyone else and most do our part without the &#%@ government telling us to do so. WOT & illegal immigration trumps a non-existent problem, so the author tries to portray us in an unflattering way, IMHO.