Saturday I was on my way to Salem to hang out with my long time friend Stephanie. The drive was the typical boring drive save for one detail.

As I approached the Corvallis exit I noticed a tow truck. Just a bit beyond the tow truck was the driver walking back to the tow truck with his gas can. A few yards further was a Toyota Prius. The Prius had ran out of gas.

I don't think too highly of most Prius owners. They think they are soooo friendly to the world so they can drive how they want. But they are really not much or any more eco friendly cause their car is full of heavy metals that have to be mined, refined, processed and manufactured into the batteries this spans at least two continents. There are also studies that say a land rover does less environmental damage after so many years than a Prius, and that a Hummer H3 is cheaper to own after several years. So the thing they really save is a bit of money at the pump.

I have never run out of gas. I know many others who have never run out of gas. My 1994 BMW 325i's gas gauge would stick at empty for an entire tank. But I never ran out of gas. It's not like the Prius didn't know they were low on gas.