> How far have we come!! Patting yourself on the back for gratuitously wasting resources really, really grates on me. Sure, I can buy a car that gets 10 miles

> How far have we come!! Patting yourself on the back for gratuitously wasting resources really, really grates on me. Sure, I can buy a car that gets 10 miles per gallon for my weekly groceries shopping. I can even afford it, it won't break my bank. But actually being proud of it? Like it's some sort of sign of social and technological progress? Whew.