One of my favorite bumper stickers is “hummers are for dicks”. Too racy? Then the humor in The Tech Generation might be better.

The hybrid Hummer isn’t expected to appear on the streets until 2011, but apparently 17,000 have already been ordered – probably all by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I understand that people have a really, really hard time accepting change, but making the Hummer H3 electric seems like such a concession to marketing/fashion instead of engineering, that it again begs the question of foresight. Is GM also going to offer a free pair of bell bottom jeans with every purchase? The Hummer might still be in fashion today, but I suspect as new and more efficient (e.g. less boxy) designs are found not only wiser for efficiency but also sexy, then no one will want to be seen pushing air in a big, dare I say dumb, box.