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General Motors is "undertaking a strategic review" of its iconic Hummer brand, CEO Rick Wagoner said Tuesday, and is "considering all options ... from a complete revamp of the product lineup to partial or complete sale of the brand."

Cool idea.

The mighty SUV, long time symbol of suburban lifestyle and a carbon footprint that is too big for its own good, is now going the way of the Dodo bird.

Na-na-na-na… NA-NA-NA-NA… HEY-HEY-HEY… GOODBYE!!!

What a fun idea. But why?

Read what GM Chairman, Rick Wagoner, thinks about the role of ethanol in the bridging the imposing canyon separating today’s petroleum needs with tomorrow’s hydrogen-powered electric hybrid promises.

How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog tackles the question of whether environmentalists and the wealthy have both given up on civilization.

"They could do all this stuff if they wanted to. ... The technology has been there forever. They make 90% of the components I use... I've just been messing around and seeing what I can do. ... Everybody should be driving a plug-in vehicle right now. ... I can go next door to Ace Hardware and buy a DC electric motor, go out to my four-wheel-drive truck, remove the transmission and engine, bolt the electric motor onto the back of the transfer case, put a series of lead-acid batteries up to 240 volts in the back of the bed, and we're good to go.

Are 4x4s evil? Is direct action the answer? Or is it time to stop demonising only one type of vehicle and take a long hard look at everybody's transportation habits?