Who Says You Can't Escape The Laws Of Physics?

I think you all would agree the hot thing right now is being "green". Green jobs, green products, green way of life. One of the things at the forefront of this movement has got to be the hybrid cars. Or in my book, the jellybean car club.

Don't get me wrong - I am a FDA-approved, USDA-certified tree hugger. I recycle everything I can, walk/bike to work, avoid turning on the heat during winter hours with my snowboarding gears, keeps my thermostat near 80F during summer days thanks to my birthday suit, and less but not least - I sometimes fantasize about cool animals like cheetahs and siberian tigers and polar bears becoming sentient and going all viva la revolucion on the humans. Preferably with friggin' laser beams attached to their heads.

But I digress. What I am trying to say is, the current hybrid jellybean car movement seems to offer an impossible conundrum - if I want to save the Earth (and the whales), do I have to drive jellybeans with skinny low-rolling resistance tires attached to their undersides?

But then inspired by the dinosaurs, who were the coolest animals ever (cheetahs and polar bears co-close-second, though), I seemed to have found a plausible answer in an automobile dinosaur - the Tucker 48 sedan.


This is a beautiful car, with sexy curves, rear-engine/rear-wheel-drive and most importantly, a third headlight smack in the middle of the front grill. Oh and it happens to be directional, too. Very sweet.

Actually, I lied. The truly most important feature of this car is its aerodynamics. With a drag coefficient of 0.27, it's still an excellently aerodynamic car. That doesn't look like a jellybean. Of course, you still need to take into account the frontal area, but still... point friggin' 27 for a 60 yr old car. Pretty friggin' impressive in my book.

I think the take home message is very clear here - dinosaurs are sexy and cool and we should do everything to bring them back to life!!!