When a Hummer makes ME smile...

and no, it's not what you're thinking, so stop it.

I'm actually referring to this post from California where high gas prices have caused Hummer dealers to be overstocked with inventory. To hide this fact from potential customers, they moved the merchandise to a 'secret' location that was eventually found by the bloggers. They posted pictures of rows upon rows of unsold non-military Hummers...

and boy does that make me feel all warm and tingly inside (once again, think of something else...) to see these blackholes of gasoline remain on the lot. And while these urban tanks aren't contributing any new greenhouse gas emission/air pollution to California, it's already impacted the environment because of the resources consumed to build these monstrosities.

So, my question is, wouldn't it be great if these cinder blocks of the road (I'm running out of clever names for the damn Hummer) get recycled into say, Smart Cars? Hell, you could probably get 8 smart cars out of 1 Hummer! Yes, I know that they're made by two different companies, but a man can dream, can't he?