Save the world for only $25,000 when you buy a Prius

Albany California, most commonly known as North Berkeley, is a unique community among a list of many in the Golden State. This little suburb of a suburb has no unique qualities of it’s own when compared to Berkeley; there’s no Telegraph hype or People’s Park drama, no provocative history of human rights demonstrations, nothing except a stroll every September. Albany is just the small sibling residing in Berkeley’s northern shadow.

Essentially, we adapt much of Berkeley’s history as our own past and many traditions as our holidays. Many and most have also accepted the communal beliefs of the bluest-of-the-blue, which happen to be just about anything as long as it abides by Berkeley’s unwritten law of accepting any and everything. But is living in a community where we are all different making us all the same?

The American definition of a Berkeley resident is a free-speaking, universally-accepting liberal. Many people eat organic, heat solar, and drive Prius, all great things that are pointing the world in the right direction.

Then there are the fakers, and they are bad. Not poaching-orphan-pandas bad but better-because-they-care bad. It is arguable that these self-righteous few are accumulating at a fast rate at the epicenter: Berkeley, California.

I’m not saying that Prii are the devil’s creation and that organic foods are harboring terrorists. On the contrary, I’m ecstatic that we can all live in a community that supports these great things. I’m just asking those who flaunt their humanitarian actions (you know who you are) to take a step back and realize that owning a Prius doesn’t make you an honorable individual. It’s just another car that happens to get great mileage and conserve gas.

Doug Kagawa, one of Albany High’s counselors, has a daughter who bought a new Prius. “My daughter bought a Prius to make a statement and because they get great mileage.”

Great mileage is most likely the main reason for purchasing the car, meaning that most are not just buying the car to adopt a fake Berkeley tree-hugging personality. Kagawa also stated that he has never personally had a bad experience with someone driving a Prius, which for a Berkeley native, is reassuring, considering there are about three every block.

Berkeley is a great community and most everyone is proud to be part of a community that stands for peace and green, but we can’t let some people turn a great thing into a common fad, because none of us want the hybrid car to join the list along side Yo-Yos and Beanie Babies.

No comments yet.

Leave a Comment

All comments are moderated. If your comment contains profanity or libelous content, please don't waste our time.