Environment & Energy

hunter

(40,513 posts)

4. I have a beef with automobiles.

Sun Jun 16, 2013, 06:20 PM

Jun 2013

The automobile culture was a horrible, horrible mistake.

Autoworkers could just as well be building electric railroads to replace airlines, long haul trucking, and long distance automobile travel. They could be building lightweight, slower, more energy efficient electric cars and public transportation systems for local travel. They could be building solar power and energy storage systems.

We could also start breaking up sprawling suburbs into smaller walkable communities with distinctive shopping and community centers.

There's plenty of work to be done, we simply have to decide we're going to stop using fossil fuels.

But we won't, and things are going to get ugly.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

12 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

DOE: electric vehicles 1/3 cheaper to drive, 17% lower lifetime costs [View all] wtmusic Jun 2013 OP

Does that include the costs of renting a gas power car when the leaf can't take you all the way to itsrobert Jun 2013 #1

My kids will tell you a car's no good for getting to grandma and grandpa's house. hunter Jun 2013 #2

do you have some beef with the autoworkers? .nt quadrature Jun 2013 #3

I have a beef with automobiles. hunter Jun 2013 #4

there isn't enough work quadrature Jun 2013 #5

Plenty of workers, not enough work? How can that be? hunter Jun 2013 #8

Sacrificing the environment for more jobs, are we? NickB79 Jun 2013 #9

if people don't have jobs ... quadrature Jun 2013 #10

Al has become the poster child for hypocrisy on the left wtmusic Jun 2013 #12

So flying is better on the environment than driving itsrobert Jun 2013 #6

Flying uses fossil fuels. hunter Jun 2013 #7

In a single car household, in most cases, an IC car still makes the most sense. wtmusic Jun 2013 #11