Here is an auto-related "Top Ten" list that I can really get into, the "Top 10 Classic Fuel Sipping Haulers." One of the reasons that I like it so much is because I was introduced to some vehicles which I had never seen before, which is kind of rare - I grew up in a very car-friendly home and we always had a muscle or classic car in the garage. Of the ten vehicles here, I only knew about numbers 1, 2, 4, 5 and 10. That's half, if you're keeping count. How about you? How many of these fuel efficient haulers did you know about?

1. 1961-1971 International Harvester Scout Pickup
2. 1964-1966 Chevrolet El Camino
3. 1960 Crofton Bug
4. 1960-1966 Ford Ranchero
5. 1961 Volkswagen Pickup
6. 1954-1956 Powell Sport Wagon
7. 1950 Austin A40
8. 1940-1962 Crosley
9. 1937-1947 American Bantam
10. 1928-1931 Model A Ford

There are probably a few more you could add to this list, like the VW Rabbit pickup and the Dodge Rampage. Any more?

[Source: PickupTruck.com]

I admit, I am writing this so I can post the picture of Daryl Hannah drinking a glass of biodiesel. After years of quiet green living, Daryl Hannah speaks out about her life-long environmental activism in a San Francisco Chronicle article. Her two houses have been off the grid for a dozen years, she buys carbon offsets for all her travel, and she's been a vegetarian since she was a kid. She also drives an El Camino (!) running on biodiesel. Instead of grand gestures and public displays of activism, she has lived her beliefs of environmentalism, and treating people and other creatures on the planet with respect. In the wake of September 11, Hannah came to the realization that she needed to speak out about alternatives to petroleum fuels. She is also developing a series of full-length documentaries about activists through her production company. Go check out the article, and her vlog.

[Source: San Francisco Chronicle, thanks to Joel A for the tip]