Comments daymen has made

A little dissapointed

First off, I want to say that the format of the event was great, the venue was great (I was in the first row of the balcony and had a great view), and Dave and the rest of the panelists did a great job with questions and reactions.

That being said, I was disspointed in the speakers.  All of them talked about government programs, and emissions, and corporate responsibility.  All of them blamed lobbyists, Republicans, oil, gas, and power companies or whoever and none of them asked more of all of us.

Kucinich talked about giving Americans something to be patriotic about besides war, but I wasn't sure if he was appealing to patriotism to conserve less energy.  Clinton talked about how Bush missed a historic moment to ask more of us, then didn't ask more herself.  Edwards at least was honest that we'll all have to sacrifice and spend money (presumably for more expensive fuel and newer, energy efficient cars/appliances) but didn't get specific as to what that cost (monetary or sacrificial) was.

How many people in the audience drive to work everyday?  How many drove to the event?  The reality is, that as long as we have a culture where car is king and we continue to spend billions of dollars widening roads (you listening, Governor?) then we're never going to achieve our greenhouse goals, until we're all driving emission-less vehicles.On Reflections on Grist's presidential forum on climate change posted 2 years ago 62 Responses