Green Tip #1001: Get to the Point!

Well, now that I'm done with my four year self-imposed Internet exile driven by a need to cut back on energy use, I've spent the past week trying to catch up on what's been going on in the world, especially as it relates to Global Warming and the modern Green Movement.  So I brushed off the ole cobwebs off my keyboard, booted up the ole laptop and searched "climate change" in the ole Internet search engine.

Aaand found this:
Republican Candidates Questioned on Climate Change

Dang it... I don't want to talk about politics on this blog... 1) It's the same debate we've been having for years and 2) It's really boring and 3) the only people who care about politics these days are the people who go to bed at 7PM after watching reruns of 'Matlock' (is my reference to old people too dated?  I really feel out of touch after my hiatus.  Let me know if you have another old person reference in the comments below!)


(Thanks, Matt Groening, I know I don't have rights to use images from your show!)

Sorry.  Way off topic.  I'm trying to make a point about politics and I went off on a tangent.  (Also, sorry for fishing for comments.  That's just unprofessional of me.  If you think my request for comments was uncalled for, let me know by leaving a comment below.  And you can also subscribe to this blog by clicking on-)

Dang it!  I really do want to get to Green Tip #1001.  Because it's a really really good one.  But first I need to make a point about politics.  You see, Groucho Marx once said about politics: (did you ever think how funny it is that someone with the last name 'Marx' would have a quote about politics?  And what's even funnier is that his first name is actually Julius.  Like Julius Caesar!  Ha!  Well okay, maybe not as funny as some of the Marx Brothers routines.  And I say that subjectively.  Because I don't really think they're that funny.  I just mean that people in general think that the Marx Brothers are funny.  I personally think that they just didn't age well.  Some of the humor has gotten lost over the last several decades.)

But anyway, what was I talking about?  Oh, right, Caesar Salads...  So I've found that it's more environmentally friendly to use organic lettuce and chicken... that... was raised...


(Get it?!!  Because it's Green?!)

I wasn't talking about salads, was I?  Shoot.  Talk about losing your train of thought.  I'd go back and read what I was typing, earlier, but I turned the brightness way down on my laptop to save electricity and now I can't make any of it out.  (Coincidentally, if you ever catch any typos on this blog, that's the also reason I don't go back and profreed!)

Well, I guess the point of this that I was trying to make was that I should just Get to the Point!  I know many of my most loyal readers believe that the Internet is just a fad and will go away in a few months.  Those same readers religiously print off my posts and keep paper copies for when the Great Internet Crash of 2016 happens.  And all my ramblings are just adding to that much more paper that is going to be wasted when they do print my posts out.

So there it is!  Green Tip #1001!  Get to the Point!  Oh and speaking of points, I did want to point out that subscribing to this blog is as simple as clicking on the link on the right hand side of your screen!  And if you think that I'm being obnoxious and overbearing with this whole subscribing thing, you can leave your thoughts in a comment below.  And if you think that the comments are too much, please leave a reply to the previous comments letting those commenters know.  And of course the first commenters can't be outdone by the second commenters so they should reply back with comments on how they think.....

Green Tip #1000: We Did It!!!

HOORAAAYYYY!!!!!

We've finally won the war on Global Warming!  And I have to thank you, my dedicated legion of followers!  We, as the Impractical Green Resource Army, have driven back the eco-apocalypse and the Four Horsemen of Climate Change (Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change Deniers, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and Sad Pictures of Polar Bears on Shrinking Pieces of Ice)

That is to say... I think we won.  Right?  I mean, after 999 Green Tips over the past five years, I have to imagine that we've finally conquered the threats that faced our fragile environment.

But.... I have to be honest... I did sort of turn off my Internet sometime in early 2011.  Let's just say that I was concerned about how much electricity my router was using (by my router I of course mean my neighbor's. Thanks NETGEAR17!)

But all my dedicated readers wouldn't let that stop them from reading interesting an effective ways to reduce their carbon footprints, would they?  Nevermind that I shut my laptop off in mid-2012 to save electricity and have been typing Green Tips onto a seemingly non-responsive keyboard.

I guess now that I think about it, maybe I don't have the best grasp on how computers, blogs, the Internet, common sense or rational thinking work...  I was wondering why nobody was commenting on any of my posts...

Well, now that I realize that the last four years of posts never made it to you, I guess that means I'll have to start over from the beginning...  (Dang, Green Tip #794 was sooooo good, though!) Expect to see some major overhauls of the blog in the coming weeks.

And, now that I'm back posting new Green Tips for everyone on a semi-weekly (bi-weekly? Semi-? Bi-? Eh, who knows???) basis, be sure you subscribe to this blog or follow me on Facebook.  Links to both are on the right hand side of the screen.  Or left if you're holding your phone the wrong way and have somehow managed to read this whole thing upside down.  Kudos to you if that's the case!

Thanks for reading!  Or maybe shame on you for wasting electricity to read this.  I'm still a bit confused on that point...

Green Webcomic #5: Veganism

Another one about meat?

Green Webcomic #4: Tasty Organics

As if we needed more evidence that bacon is the best food ever...

Green Webcomic #3: Rainbow

Green Webcomic #2: Know Your Cycles

This just proves that Awesome things and things that are Good for the Environment are rarely one in the same.

Green Webcomic #1: The Age Old Question

Yup, I've joined the world of webcomics! I'm not sure if it will last. I have to admit that I don't have the creative juices to keep this up full time. We'll see. If it's hard to read, click the pictures and they will be shown larger.

Green Tip #109: Don't Fall for Global Warming's Lies

Phew! It's been so long since I last posted because I've been buried under mountains of snow. But now that I've dug myself out, I can finally share a warning that I've been desperately trying to get to the world.

DON'T BELIEVE THE TRICK GLOBAL WARMING IS PLAYING!!

So by now, most scientists agree that some temperatures will drop in parts of the world as the first phase of Global Warming. They also agree that this is just to get everyone to invest in really thick coats and super comfortable blankets (Snuggies = first sign of the coming Apocalypse). Then, once everyone is bundled up from head to toe, Global Warming will kick in at full force and everyone will suffer heat strokes and die.

Now, you guys (in a gender neutral sense) have been doing really well keeping up the fight against Global Warming by investing in alternative energy and supporting new technologies as evidenced by the success of the Volt and the Leaf and other plug-in hybrids. But this recent Snow-pocalypspe should not make you drop your guard. I know it's cold, but you need to turn your heat off (which shouldn't be hard for those of you with no power, thanks for taking one for the team!) and continue to take a stand against Global Warming!

Green Tip #108: Change Your Name

Now, it's not often that I write specifically about the things that are currently happening in my life (while I am often inspired by them), but I'm going to go against that with Green Tip #108. Those of you that know me personally know that I am engaged to be married in the next few years. I was speaking with my future in-laws recently and they were asking me if my fiancee was going to keep her name or take mine. Like I do whenever I am asked any question, I thought to myself, "What Would Al Gore Do?" In other words, which would be more environmentally friendly? And the answer is that she should take my name.

Why is that more Green, you ask? Her last name is nine letters long whereas mine is only four. Take a moment and think of all the times that you sign or write your name in a given day. Even if my fiancee only writes her name once a day on average, that could add up to 21,900 times for the rest of her life. Times a difference of five letters, and she'll be saving 109,500 letters worth of ink. I certainly don't know how much ink that adds up to, but I know it's pretty significant. And that doesn't even take into account the amount of printer ink that is used on everything form marriage certificates to job applications.

Alright! We saved a pretty good amount of ink. Case closed, right? Wrong. Let's take it one more step. Let's start a practice of when people get married, the spouse with the longer name should give it up. Yes, guys, I know it's difficult to think that many of us will have to give up our family names and take our wives, but I think it's time we embrace this change not only for the environment, but also to help with gender relations.

I know that this will eventually tend to favor naturally short last named cultures such as the Chinese (Li, Wu, Hu, etc.) and be biased against cultures with long names such as the Polish (Wojciechowski, Kwiatkowski, etc) and the Georgians (Kvaratskhelia, etc.), but surname eradication is a small price to pay to avoid biological eradication due to Climate Change.

Oh, one other thing. If your last names are the same length, pleeeease don't do the hyphenated thing because you can't choose between the two. That's the opposite of what Green Tip #108 is about. So I had better not ever meet a half Polish, half Georgian child some day with the last name Wojciechowski-Kvaratskhelia.

Green Tip #107: Be a Scrooge

Ah, yes. Don't you just love this time of year?? I hope that everyone has had a wonderful holiday season enjoying the company of friends, family and robot clones you created to replace your family. But now the time has come to take down the organic mistletoe, convert the Christmas tree growing in your living room back into a President's Day tree, and begin heading back to work. But before we do that, we need to look back at this holiday season and see what we've learned.

Christmas is notable for its characters that can inspire us and motivate us to become better people. Think of how the Grinch realizes the true meaning of Christmas and his heart grows three sizes (ow, by the way). Or Linus from Peanuts giving a rousing speech that gives everyone hope and teaches all of his friends a thing or two about interior design so they can resurrect the seemingly hopeless Christmas tree. Or Clark Griswald suffering through an unbearable Christmas Vacation to teach everyone the value of purchasing robot clones of your family so you don't have to deal with your real family.

But one character is often overlooked for the message he is able to teach to everyone. And that man is Ebeneezer Scrooge. Yes, I know, people know very well the message he learns. Some stuff about not being a jerk or liking Christmas or helping handicap kids or something. I don't actually remember.

But no, I'm not talking about what Scrooge learns at the end of the story. I'm talking about the way he acts at the beginning. His carbon footprint is insanely small!! Scrooge's story (which was first published in 1843, 130-ish years before the environmental movement of the 1970's) was so far ahead of its time! One example of a way Scrooge was able to cut his energy use is by walking to work each day. Yes, I know cars didn't exist back then, but walking is still better for the environment than taking a horse and carriage. And he also refuses to refill the coal furnace at his offices. He wasn't doing it to be cheap, he knew how many GHG's he'd be putting in the air from a coal furnace. And finally, Mr. Dickens tells us that Scrooge uses only a single candle to light his house as opposed to wasting lamp fuel to light his whole chambers. Hm... sounds familiar... maybe like Green Tip #7???

Well, there you have it. When I thought I was being really imaginative when I came up with that Green Tip, Scrooge was already doing it 166 years earlier. So I think the Christmas message is clear. Environmental stewardship doesn't have to be taught by fancy things like Ivy League Sustainability Business Management Masters Degree Programs or overly educated bloggers who think they are wittier than they really are. Sometimes you can learn what's truly important from a stingy banker from 1840's London.

Green Tip #106: Green Recipe #1 - Eco-Friendly Beer Boiled Shrimp

So, there have been countless cookbooks that have gone into great detail about how to cook more eco-friendly, but it's my opinion that they haven't gone far enough to protect the environment. Here's the first of many recipes that I feel are as good for the environment as you can possibly be when cooking:

Eco-Friendly Boiled Shrimp

Ingredients:
1 pound of butter*
1 large onion, chopped**
1 tablespoon salt***
5 lbs large shrimp****
3 bottles (12 oz) beer*****
A large pile of dry wood

*In order to make butter eco-friendly, first find a free-range cow and milk it. Then, take the milk and churn it in order to produce organic butter (Note: befriend an Amish for best butter churning techniques)
**Onion should be grown in your own personal garden using no pesticides or fertilizers. You can never trust food companies and grocery stores when they say an onion is organic, so it's best to do it yourself. Allow several weeks for onion to grow to maturity.
***Salt should be organic, free-range salt. Don't question me! Just get some!
****Shrimp should be gathered by hand (or organically made net) from the nearest Gulf or Ocean. After walking (to save on carbon emissions) to the nearest salt water body of water and shrimp are fished, be sure to remove all bits of plastic that have been entangled in the net (from the Great Pacific or Atlantic Garbage Patches). Shrimp should be humanely put to sleep using jagged local rocks. Any other method is not environmentally friendly enough.
*****Beer should be personally brewed from only the most organic methods possible. For best results, please use the recipe and methods used by 6000 BC Ancient Iraqis. Any recipes more modern than that have surely been tainted by Big Alcohol and do not meet the Green standards of this recipe.

First, place the beer and the salt into a large eco-friendly kettle. Begin the process of rubbing wood together to start a fire. After several hundred tries and many splinters later, give up and walk to the nearest Red Lobster. Order from the menu and enjoy! Don't forget to tip your waiter or waitress!

Now I know what you're thinking... Is it really eco-friendly if I order from Red Lobster? Aren't they a large company that doesn't care about the environment and in fact is part of a global conspiracy to overfish the seas in order to destabilize fishing-based economies such as Japan and Norway as part of a plan to create a New World Order?

Maybe, but you're walking to Red Lobster, so you're cutting back on the amount of gas you're using! Way to be Green!

Green Tip #105: Don't Live By Example

Ladies and gentlemen, those of you that know me personally will know that I lived in California for almost a week several months ago and have made plans to travel back there in December. While I have tried to keep this dark secret out of the public, I cannot bear the shame of violating Green Tip #17 any longer. I have prepared an apology.

"First, please let me apologize to my family, friends, co-workers and fellow bloggers for the cloud placed over satirical Green blogs. I did nothing wrong while on the West Coast. I regret my decision to plead guilty and the sadness that decision has brought to my girlfriend, family, friends, and fellow bloggers. For that I apologize.

In September, I overreacted and made a poor decision. While I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct at the Burbank airport or anywhere else, I chose to only use public transportation that week in the hope of making it [California's pollution] go away. I did not seek any counsel, either from an attorney, self-proclaimed California liberal eco-hippie, friends, or family. That was a mistake, and I deeply regret it. Because of that, I have now come forth and I am asking my readers to review this matter and to advise me on how to proceed.

For a moment, I want to put my state of mind into context on September 12th. For eight months leading up to September, my blog and I had been relentlessly and viciously harassed by my poor motivation and an ill-conceived Tournament. If you've seen today's paper, you know why. Let me be clear: I do not hate the environment and never have. Also, I am not gay and never have been.

Still, without a shred of truth or evidence to the contrary, the memory of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has engaged in this witch hunt. In pleading guilty to not recycling that week, I overreacted in California, because of the stress of the polluted air and the rumors it has fueled around the blogosphere (ugh, I hate that word). Again, that overreaction was a mistake, and I apologize for my misjudgment. Furthermore, I should not have kept this travel to myself, and should have told my family and friends about it. I wasn't eager to share this failure, but I should have done so anyway.

I love my fiance, family, friends, readers and the environment. I love serving the Internet in this blog. Over the years, I have accomplished a lot for the environment, and I hope my readers will allow me to continue to do that. There are still goals I would like to accomplish, and I believe I can still be an effective leader for eco-hippies everywhere. Next month, I will announce, as planned, whether or not I will recycle when I am in California.

As an elected [by Blogger.com and myself] blogger, I fully realize that my life is open for public criticism and scrutiny, and I take full responsibility for the mistake in judgment I made in attempting to handle this matter myself.

It is clear, though, that through my actions I have brought a cloud [of smog] over California. For that, I ask the readers of this blog for their forgiveness.

As I mentioned earlier, I have now retained counsel to examine this matter and I will make no further comment."

Okay, one further comment. The framework for the apology was provided by a former Senator from Idaho named Larry Craig. For a better appreciation of the paragraphs above, see this article here. Oh, and me stealing this speech is a good example of how to live out Green Tip #10.

Green Tip #104: No More Automated Sinks

Wow, I really do like doing Green Tips about bathrooms, don't I? Well, this is one of the rare ones that doesn't have anything to do with water conservation. Yup, this one is about saving natural gas or electricity.

This is the point where you say "HUH?" I mean, who even uses natural gas in the bathroom? Unless you're super rich and have a fireplace in the bathroom. Man, that would be awesome... Because if you've got a fireplace in your toilet, it would follow that you would have some fancy leather high-backed chairs in there too so you can sit in front of your fireplace. And what's the point of fancy leather high-backed chairs if you don't have a bar fully stocked with expensive scotch and brandy and a humidor with nothing but the finest imported Cuban cigars. And why sit around in such opulence unless you had priceless leather-bound books to look at and not ever read because you never want to ruin the ancient bindings?

So, if all this is in your bathroom, you'd want to make sure your hands are clean after you do your business. So you should always wash your hands (even if you don't have a study in your bathroom) but should you use hot or cold water? I say choose cold because then you can avoid using the natural gas or electricity that's used to heat the hot water. I know, I know, some people say that cold water doesn't kill germs, but some people also say that the world is going to end in 2012 and we all know that's not true (Global Warming will roast the entire planet next summer).

But what do you do if there's those automatic hands-free sinks? You can only get mildly warm water out of those and you don't get to choose the temperature. So Green Tip #104 is this: Don't Use Automatic Sinks. If you need to, carry around a bag of room temperature water in your pocket. The pocket of your cashmere robe, of course...

Green Tip #103: Cool It Down

Oftentimes in The Impractical Green Resource, I don't just present the obvious facts and let you walk away with Green Tips that don't do you any good because they're really obvious. So keep that in mind when I give you Green Tip #103. It's going to start off really obvious, but if you stick it out, you'll see where I'm going with it and understand the value in my pearls of wisdom (harvested from only free range, organic oysters that have no rBGH injected in them).

So Green Tip #103 is to Stop Drinking Warm Drinks. "Well, duh!" people with little short term memory might think that have forgotten the last paragraph. "You'll save energy by not using the microwave or the stove or the cigarette lighter from your car as you cower, trapped inside by an angry swarm of bees that are after your tea with honey in it."

Well, Mr. Short Term Memory Loss But Compensating For It With Your Overactive Imagination, sit tight for a minute and keep reading. Like an onion (organically grown with no synthetic fertilizers on a farm that practices sustainable farming) or a parfait or an ogre, this Green Tip has layers. Yes, you will save energy. But you will also reduce carbon emissions.

I mentioned this a long time ago when I referenced how you shouldn't exercise, but I want you to stop breathing. Every breath you take sucks more oxygen out of the atmosphere and spits out more carbon dioxide. So every time you blow on your hot soup to cool it down, you're contributing to Global Warming. Shame on you...

So go drink that room temperature tea! (Iced Tea is bad because your fridge uses electricity to make ice) Because when your mutated, sterile grandkids ask you why your generation didn't do more to stop Global Warming from causing WWIII and wiping out 95% of the population in nuclear Armageddon, you can always say that you did your part by not drinking warm coffee.

Green Tip #102: Trough

I have to admit, I'm a little bit ashamed that I never mentioned this before. I mean, come on... what's the one subject I talk about more than anything else? The bathroom, of course. I've had countless (by countless I mean I don't feel like counting, not I'm unable to count) Green Tips focused on how to reduce the amount of water you use in the washroom. But how has the topic of troughs never come up in any of my posts??? It's the ultimate water saving technique!

For those of you not aware of the monstrosities that are known as troughs (I've known women that thought we were joking when my friends and I were discussing them), they are these big metal or ceramic buckets that run the length of men's bathrooms, usually in sports arenas. There's a drain at one end, so everything flows to one side without using water.

Basically, these are around because they're easier to manage and handle lots of guys. It also means that there's no privacy and they're super awkward to use. But... Ugh... I have to endorse using them because they save water... *sigh* Sometimes you've got to make sacrifices to save the planet.

I also propose that someone make a female trough. Not just to save water, but also to bring the genders closer together. Because I think that women everywhere will have much more empathy for their male companions when they know what men have been going through for all these years.

You're welcome, world.

Green Tip #101: Let it Rain

Alright! The moment you've been waiting months for! After all this time, the final results of the Tournament are here! I know that you've all been reading intently over these past few weeks as I posted daily matchups, some of which went on for over 10 pages. I'm amazed that you would stick it out so faithfully and now you're here to find out the final results.

But before I reveal the big winner, I want to remember some of the best matches. Remember last Tuesday when-

Hey, wait... What's that orange button that says "Publish Post" at the bottom of my page supposed to mean? Oh.... wait, I think that I've been writing hundreds of pages of Tournament matches and not publishing any of them... Sorry about that...

Haha, no, I'm just kidding. I haven't been writing any posts because my heart has not been in it. Let's face it, the Tournament was probably a bad idea. It wasn't as funny and witty as the Green Tips that you've come to expect. So I'm starting over. I'm going to be less structured, more entertaining. I don't think I'm going to get on a fixed schedule yet, but we'll see once I get back on track.

Green Tip #101. I almost thought you'd never come. I actually thought of you before I even posted Green Tip #100, but I never got a chance to bring you to life.

A lot of hippies will tell you to not use your shower and instead take soap and shampoo (not much if your hair is short) outside when it rains and this can be used to cut down on your water consumption. I would also recommend that you do this, but not because it will save water.

No, I want you to shower in the rain so every time you try to clean yourself and you feel that distinct burning feeling all over your skin, you will remember how painful acid rain is and how bad it is for the environment. Every burning rash that develops will serve as a reminder to write your politician and tell them to do something about acid rain. And if you are a politician, remember that you can try this new showering practice, just remember not to strip naked in public places. After all, that's over 75% of political scandals start...

Sorry, still having internet problems...

Tournament Round 3, Match 2 - (1) Bikes vs. (3) Hybrid Vehicles

Again, sorry for the delay. Hopefully things will get back on track now, at least until the end of the tournament.

Bikes

Positive News Stories (20 out of 30)
Hm! I'm really surprised at what I found when I started searching for 'bike' in the news search. There are actually some pretty interesting things going on with bikes. While many of these news stories are really nothing groundbreaking, the fact that they continue to make headlines shows that there is continued interest in biking, at least in the US.

I read stories about bike taxi companies, stories about teaching kids with developmental disabilities how to ride bikes, stories about bike cops, and stories about bike summits. All in all, I'd say people are pretty interested in biking still and I don't see this as a trend that will be ending any time soon.

Negative News Stories (-3 out of -30)
I really can't say much bad about biking. I searched and I searched, but the worst stories I could find were about people stealing bikes. I did, however read an article about the same biking summit that I mentioned in the previous paragraph, except this story was told from a negative point of view. Check it out here. It's pretty interesting to see the other side of the same story. Regardless, I couldn't find too many people that were all that upset with bikes or any negative environmental consequences of the increased use of bikes in this country.

User Comments (4 out of 20)
Bikes. Word. In that I mean that 'Bikes' is a single word.

Tomorrow we'll continue to explore the world of Hybrid Vehicles. Can another #1 seed be knocked out by an underdog?? We shall see...

Sorry I lied again... I can't post again until Tuesday. I'm borrowing the Internet for the weekend, so no regular updates until things get sorted out.

Sorry again...

Tournament Round 3, Match 1A - (1) Recycling vs. (6) Wildlife Conservation

Well, well, well... Look who came crawling back. I knew this day was going to come where you'd realize what you've done and try to make things right. Well you can give up the act! There's no way I'm going to forgive you for the way you left me out to dry.

Oh, wait. That whole paragraph was actually what you were supposed to say to me. So, let's pretend that you said it and we'll move on. I think you've waited long enough for the end of this match up.

Wildlife Conservation

Positive News Stories (10 out of 30)
There are some pretty good news stories that relate to Wildlife Conservation. For example, Myanmar recently tripled the size of their tiger preserve. I know they've done some questionable things in that country, but it's good to see that they're committed to saving a species that has been on the brink of extinction for quite some time.

The reason why I didn't give this idea more points is that there really weren't a whole lot of news stories that were very notable. I think the reason for this is that people honestly don't really care about saving some bird they've never heard of before. They're interested if something like a whale conservation program is started, but that doesn't happen very often. Other than those darn Japanese, not too many people are still whaling today.

Negative News Stories (-1 out of -30)
Sorry, I can't say that I have any more stories of placentas (thankfully). Now, you'd think that I'd have a hard time finding stories that showed that Wildlife Conservation was a negative thing, but somehow I did. That's why I have a blog and you don't.

Great job, Wildlife Conservation experts... Here's the conversation that I imagine they had.
Expert 1 (Bob): "Hey, I've got a good idea. Let's STOP draining the Everglades. We need to do that to save some rare fish that only lives in the region (and 14 other places in the state)."
Expert 2 (Franccesca): "But Bob, won't some 18 year old have his hand bitten off by an alligator at some point in the future?"
Bob: "Come on, Fran, you know I don't believe in your psychic abilities. Come on, let's go feed some alligators so they become accustomed to human presence and gradually become more invasive into our cities."
Fran: "I wish someone would bite off your hand, Bob..."

That's not a direct quote, I'm just paraphrasing.

User Comments (0 out of 20)
Yup, we're still doing this. Get your comments in.

Results

Recycling: -1
Wildlife Conservation: 9

Well, the longest match up in history is now over! And Wildlife Conservation, the underdog, has pulled off the upset! I personally blame the placenta story...

I really hope that I can get back on schedule with this, and I'll do my best to not let you down. But don't hate me if I do skip a day or two... Come back Friday to see how Bikes and Hybrid Vehicles compare. And get your comments in!