Upon Hearing Reactions to Kolbert, Elizabeth. "Mr. Green." The New Yorker, January 23, 2007

"That's pie in the sky thinking," the critics retort
And thus new ideas are often sold short.

Ultra light cars are just one case in point
Of gas saving plans that we might anoint.

Solar panels and fluorescent lights
Both can ease environmental plights.

Renewable fuels come also to mind
As potential solutions of a different kind.

And the list goes on in its futile way;
Avant Garde thinking has never held sway.

--James D. Starkey