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  good idea...

  It has been shown to work in Europe.  Maybe if NYC takes the lead, other cities will follow.  On The Gothman Prophecies posted 2 years, 7 months ago 6 Responses

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  Temporary fix

  I'm not going to google the web for specific figures here...just hope that you all know them.  If all the crop land in the U.S. were converted to corn, specifically for the purpose of ethanol, it would reduce our foriegn dependence by a minute amount.  Very little.  Ethanol has also been shown to have greater smog forming emissions.  It is a step in the right direction, but definitely not a huge leap for a country w/300 million people.  

  My money is going on electricity.  Tesla roadster anybody?  GM Volt concept?  These ideas show promise.  Now we just need that magic battery pack...

  pax-On Now This Is Corn-fusing posted 2 years, 7 months ago 8 Responses

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  Crypto-Malthusian...

  I don't know why I reply to close-minded people like you, jabailo...maybe on the slim chance that your closed mind might be opened.  

  Evidenced by gas prices, there actually is a constraint of petrol.  Does this bother me?  Am I Crypto-Malthusian because I think this way?  I think not.  

  What I believe the bigger problem is, is the mass extinction that is happening right under our eyes due to human encroachment. This can be stopped, or greatly decreased.

  Call me non-anthropocentric.  I like that term much better.  The problem with your likely utilitarian views, is they will eventually lead to our demise.  Under this sort of thinking, killing organsims would be the right thing to do, if the actions outweighed the consequences. I know...off topic a bit, but nevertheless important.  

  Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell.

  
  -Edward AbbeyOn An overview of environmental careers experiencing growth posted 2 years, 7 months ago 10 Responses