THE PASSING OF THE SUVSAURUS
There was a time when dinosaurs lived on the Earth.
Paleontologists who specialize in digging for fossils
of extinct species have found their bones and have
reconstructed their skeletons and given them
fearsome names such as Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The popular Jurassic Park movies have further
enhanced our perception of re-animated dinosaurs.
On the whole we envision the dinosaur as a creature
of awesome size and insatiable appetite. The dinosaurs dominated the ecosystem for about
160 million years. Then suddenly these giants disappeared at the end of the Cretaceous
period 65 million years ago. Explanations for this rapid extinction of the great beasts range
from sudden climate change brought about by a meteor collision to gradual environmental
change adverse to the survival of dinosaurs. There is a silver lining to this sad tale – the
substantial legacy of the Age of the Dinosaur is the deposits of oil from which gasoline is
produced.
The reality in American today, in the words of President Bush, as only he can say them, is
that we have an addiction to oil. Anyone who drives a gasoline-fueled vehicle suffers from
this addiction. The worst of the addicts have the compulsion to burn gasoline at the greatest
rate possible. These addicts have the tendency to drive the SUV. Everyday, many SUVs
with 4-wheel-drive rumble down American’s well-paved urban streets with a single person in
them. In order to do justice to the name SUV - Sport Utility Vehicle - some are driven in the
style of Grand Prix race cars, although in reality they are fanciful trucks. Some SUVs are
deliberately marketed for their intimidating size coupled to a massive gas hungry engine.
Those who buy such SUVs expect all punier species to scamper out of the way when their
Model T-Rex takes to the street.
I see the SUV not as some mechanical dominator of spell-binding attractiveness, but a
unenviable, lumbering monster whose extinction is coming. With gas pump prices
breaking the $3.00 per gallon mark around Cincinnati and $4.00 per gallon in California, the
death knell of the SUV is sounding. The SUVpet is going to be very expensive to feed,
perhaps to the point that their owners must make the decision, heartbreaking or cold-turkey
as it may be, to abandon their voracious 12 miles per gallon monsters. The poor
SUVSAURUS will surely go the same way as
that sorry carnivore,Tyrannosaurus. For me,
I love to drive a hybrid-electric car which
actually gets 40+ miles to the gallon.
Charleston C. K. Wang
First published in WANGNEWS
on April 22, 2006
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of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law with a Master of Law in Dispute
Resolution. He also holds a Bachelor of Law and a Master of Law from Chon-buk
National University, Jeon-ju, South Korea. He has 11 years of professional six years
as Head of the Foreign Investment Cooperation Office in a local government, two
years as a deputy director of the International Relation Department, one year as a
deputy director of a Corporate Difficulties Resolving Center in the central
government, and two years as a director of the Ombudsman of Korea Office. With
the CHRC as host agency, Mr Hwang will observe the various functions of the
Commission especially its mediation, dispute resolution, and grass-roots intervention
roles. The Commission will be learning from Mr. Hwang about the comparative
aspects of common areas of interest and looks forward a productive relationship
during his stay in Cincinnati. Shown in above photo from right to left are Ho -Yoon
Hwang during his first visit of Cincinnati on 6/6/08, Cheryl Meadows, Executive
Director, and Charleston Wang, member of Commission.
of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law with a Master of Law in Dispute
Resolution. He also holds a Bachelor of Law and a Master of Law from Chon-buk
National University, Jeon-ju, South Korea. He has 11 years of professional six years
as Head of the Foreign Investment Cooperation Office in a local government, two
years as a deputy director of the International Relation Department, one year as a
deputy director of a Corporate Difficulties Resolving Center in the central
government, and two years as a director of the Ombudsman of Korea Office. With
the CHRC as host agency, Mr Hwang will observe the various functions of the
Commission especially its mediation, dispute resolution, and grass-roots intervention
roles. The Commission will be learning from Mr. Hwang about the comparative
aspects of common areas of interest and looks forward a productive relationship
during his stay in Cincinnati. Shown in above photo from right to left are Ho -Yoon
Hwang during his first visit of Cincinnati on 6/6/08, Cheryl Meadows, Executive
Director, and Charleston Wang, member of Commission.
Date of Photo: 6/6/08
Courtesy of Vanetta Kyle
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