Uneasy Rhetoric

I wandered in to LJUrban’s “unveiling” of their zero emission company car at Old Soul this evening. On my way in, I overheard someone dismiss the car by saying “it only goes 40 miles per hour.” Obviously, someone doesn’t get it. It could have been a teachable moment where I could have expounded on the virtues of small vehicles in urban settings, but she was leaving and I was coming in and I was exhausted and didn’t feel like talking to anyone.

And it has no MPG rating because it doesn’t need one.

The car is a little three-wheeled deal covered with various people’s ideas of what it means to be eco-urban. “Kids on bikes” was one (big letters, passenger side).

I only stayed long enough to grab an eco-urban fortune cookie: “Keep it humble. If we’re in this together, we should be able to admit mistakes.” I’d have tried to introduce myself but I couldn’t remember what the LJUrban crew looks like and introverts like me don’t think to ask the people pouring the wine or handing out the chocolates until we’re half way home.

I can’t wait to see this thing driving around midtown.