Maybe due to our love of urban sprawl, hyper-growth, and the SUV, or since after gazing out on the horizon and not having our own snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro we are bored with visibility, we are getting rid of clean air and are replacing it with SMOG!!!

I for one am driving around these days senselessly burning hydrocarbons to foul the air because I don’t like looking at our anemic skyline or the hideous Camelback mountains. When I drive on the 101 and look 40 miles east at those Four Peaks mountains I get disoriented, wondering if the world isn’t just too damned big for me. When I’m surrounded by smog, I feel like I’m wrapped in a cozy blanket, snuggling in with my pal pollution, feeling warm and fuzzy.