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  Sorry to quibble, but people who eat the meat from animals that someone else (or something else) killed and processed are not carnivores, they are more properly called scavengers. I like the other implications of Foodprovider's first comment. It would be nice to see the land that is given over to cars (fossil-fool powered wheelchairs) converted to greenspace. In fact, a recent article on the BBC site pointed out that proximity to large green spaces dramatically improves both the mental a physical health of people.On Corn-based meat and ethanol: burning the planet to a crisp posted 2 weeks ago 85 Responses

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  Okay, I'm being lazy here, but what is the definition of renewable energy being used. Where I live our local public utility just agreed to subsidize (by purchasing power from) a biomass electricity generator. It is to be entirely fueled by unsustainable clear-cutting of the young trees around our degraded rivers. Would this qualify? How about nuclear? Personally, I would much rather see individual carbon quotas instituted so that one cannot simply buy the ability to destroy our environment.On Kerry-Boxer clean energy bill: Chairman's mark and EPA analysis released posted 2 weeks ago 5 Responses

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  Good on you Gar. Believe it or not, I do enjoy a good celebration and public party. It's just that I am soooo tired of all the civic greenwashing around my brown town. For example, Oregon placed in the top five states for "energy efficiency". However, looking at the study, it only considered things on paper, not actual use. So, we have decent building codes; big deal when most of our structures predate insulation, huge amounts of work has been done sans permits and remodeling does not require retrofitting. In fact, the residents of Eugene use over twice the electricity per person as the last city I lived in in CA (almost identical climates). We have decent emissions standards for autos thanks to CA, but everyone drives SUVs to the coast/mountains every week. Nine months of the year I am virtually alone on the poorly maintained bike paths. That said, let's get enthused and enjoy our victories, but let's not pretend that sustainability is a brand you can buy at the warehouse store. We simply cannot shoehorn our energy-intensive American habits into a sustainable living arrangement. We can all do much better than we are; I know because I was once privileged to live in a city where over 90% of all personal transportation needs were met by bike. Perhaps because of this experience I don't get very excited by the sight of a few bikes in a parade even though I know we will have to start with a few in order to get a movement. Have a fun roving dance. It sounds like fun.On Find an action. Shout 350. Tell us about it! posted 2 weeks ago 7 Responses

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  I just realized how brilliant my city's event is. Eugene's event will be held indoors; many of the people who drive to this event will undoubtedly contract the flu (quite widespread here) and thus will not drive next week as they will be home in bed. I personally don't think this is a very nice way to reduce emissions, but I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.On Find an action. Shout 350. Tell us about it! posted 2 weeks ago 7 Responses

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  Events like this really depress me. This is not a circus, our lives, or at least our children's lives, depend on this generation getting off of our collective hineys every day to get carbon neutral. My goodness, here in Eugene, OR they are offering FREE PARKING for CARS at the city-sponsored event. FYI, in the Pacific Northwest we have abundant hydroelectric power (which we waste like there is no tomorrow), so our main contribution to climate change is driving. I guess it may be a failure of my imagination, but I cannot see how driving to a party is going to contribute to arresting climate change. Come on, someone please post something to cheer me up.On Find an action. Shout 350. Tell us about it! posted 2 weeks ago 7 Responses