http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23895377-13232,00.html

"According to research conducted by the US Department of Energy and General Motors, nearly nine out of 10 women (88 per cent) say they'd rather chat up someone who owns the latest fuel-efficient car versus the latest sports car. It gets worse. Eighty per cent of American car buyers would find someone with the latest fuel-efficient car more interesting to talk to at a party than someone with the latest sports car. And, more than 4 out of 10 (45 per cent) 18- to 43-year-olds say it's a fashion faux pas nowadays to have a car that's not green or environmentally friendly.

Readers, you can see where this is heading.

If our young men read this sort of American propaganda the next thing you know they will be trading in the Monaro, WRX, FPS ute and Ducati for a Toyota Prius or Honda Hybrid. I know if the enemy started coming into Darwin again you'd be joining me, putting on the khaki, getting out the 303 and begging to get on the front line. But would our younger folk be joining us? No. They'd be insisting on hybrid tanks, environmentally friendly guns and bombs that didn't hurt trees. "