<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Americans ranked as world’s least green consumers—again]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-u.s.-least-green-consumers/ Fri, 15 May 2009 01:07:54 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-u.s.-least-green-consumers/1 How about taking no transportation?

Public transportation masks a gigantic hidden cost for its construction, land use, and management.

It's completely inflexible, so as conditions change, the same old stations remain, often falling into disuse and disrepair, or funded when no one uses them.

Lines cannot be rerouted optimally.

Public transportation requires high density cities who impose a great cost on the supply of goods such as food that must be daily trucked in and garbage hauled out en masse.

Contrast that with the vision of Agraria, where homeowners would have 2 acres of land for growing food and enjoying life.   Indenpendent SUVs powered by green energy could operate with minimal road building, cutting across the landscape on dirt or gravel roads or no roads at all.

Families could stay at home and transport themselves minimally like back in the heyday of agriculture.

Did you guys catch Michael Pollans lecture on Fora.tv -- if you listen carefully, he's saying the same thing...

http://fora.tv/2009/05/05/Michael_Pollan_Deep_Agriculture

 

 

]]> How about taking no transportation?

Public transportation masks a gigantic hidden cost for its construction, land use, and management.

It's completely inflexible, so as conditions change, the same old stations remain, often falling into disuse and disrepair, or funded when no one uses them.

Lines cannot be rerouted optimally.

Public transportation requires high density cities who impose a great cost on the supply of goods such as food that must be daily trucked in and garbage hauled out en masse.

Contrast that with the vision of Agraria, where homeowners would have 2 acres of land for growing food and enjoying life.   Indenpendent SUVs powered by green energy could operate with minimal road building, cutting across the landscape on dirt or gravel roads or no roads at all.

Families could stay at home and transport themselves minimally like back in the heyday of agriculture.

Did you guys catch Michael Pollans lecture on Fora.tv -- if you listen carefully, he's saying the same thing...

http://fora.tv/2009/05/05/Michael_Pollan_Deep_Agriculture

 

 

]]> Comment #2 by Noah Pollock http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-u.s.-least-green-consumers/ Sat, 16 May 2009 12:19:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-u.s.-least-green-consumers/2 http://learn.uvm.edu/igs ]]> http://learn.uvm.edu/igs ]]> Comment #3 by Tammi http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-u.s.-least-green-consumers/ Mon, 18 May 2009 15:02:26 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-u.s.-least-green-consumers/3  Utah Transit Authority is a Good Example of Corporate Welfare and Corporate Greed in Action. Utah Transit is Number One in Government Waste in Public Transit. Ridership is Down 31 Percent on FrontRunner it is a Total Financial Waste.

I have a Public Transit Blog: catmeowpublictransit.blogspot.com

]]>  Utah Transit Authority is a Good Example of Corporate Welfare and Corporate Greed in Action. Utah Transit is Number One in Government Waste in Public Transit. Ridership is Down 31 Percent on FrontRunner it is a Total Financial Waste.

I have a Public Transit Blog: catmeowpublictransit.blogspot.com

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