PLN #2

I recently read an article titled "Traffic breaks for hybrid cars aren't too far down the road" by Jeffery Leib from The Denver Post. The article basically tells about how owners of hybrid cars can apply as early as May 1 to get a sticker allowing them to drive with no passenger in high-occupancy vehicle and high-occupancy toll lanes at no cost in the state of Colorado. The state of Colorado will only allow a total of 2,000 stickers given out of 17,000 hybrid owners. Current rules only allow hybrid cars on interstate 25, U.S. 36, and South Santa Fe Drive in Metro Denver and Colorado 82 between Aspen and Glenwood Springs.

What Matters: I think what matters from this article is that Colorado as well as the entire United States are taking small, but steady steps to getting rid of oil running machines to more efficient hybrid machines. Obviously using fossil fuels isn't good for the environment or the atmosphere and ozone layer. So why continue using them when we have a perfect and clear solution? America and Colorado should continue on their path to using more and more hybrid cars. It's very pleasing and reassuring to see that our government cares about the future and what's going to happen when we run out of fossil fuels.

How this Affects Me: This diffidently affects me but it also affects the rest of America and even the entire world. If we continue to use fossil fuels it will not only hurt and diminish the atmosphere and ozone layer but it will leave us with nothing to use to run cars and other various machines. So, I think we should start using as many hybrid cars as we can and as many non-fuel machines as we can. It would not only help our environment but help us test it more to see problems and things to fix before it's too late and we're out of fossil fuels.