New CEQ head Nancy Sutley on transit and green jobs 3

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   JMG Posted 5:09 am
   15 Jan 2009

   Words vs. Video ClipsComment on style:  Of course, videos make for easy, fast posts, but it would be nice if Grist had an intern provided a transcript with the clip instead of just slamming up the talking head clip.  Readers can read a transcript much faster than they can watch a clip, and a transcript advances the discussion by allowing people to copy, quote relevant parts, use it in testimony and letters to the press, to the person quoted, etc.
   Half the time one wants to link to a YouTube you find the clip has been removed anyway.
   I'm all for posting the clips if you want, but unless the picture is what matters -- say, a happy puppy romping in deep snow -- it would be a great service to not forget the words.
   
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   Payton Chung Posted 6:02 am
   15 Jan 2009

   I agreewith David and with JMG. it appears that the stimulus proposal that's being advanced is heavy on showering state DOTs with funds - and very, very few state DOTs (indeed, I can't think of a single one) sees transit, placemaking, bicycling, etc. as being anything more than incidental to their primary mission of Moving Lots of Cars Really Fast.
   I'm with JMG on disliking videos. I don't get why video is so wonderful - I read much faster than I can listen.

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   David Roberts Posted 8:20 am
   15 Jan 2009

   UhSeems you guys have a slightly distorted view of Grist's staff resources. Like, you think we have some.
   
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