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Rhiannon12866

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2. This study came out just before the UN Climate Summit

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 01:50 AM

Sep 2014

And the proposed efforts are supposed to be "voluntary." How many are willing to voluntarily give up using a vehicle? If there's no public transportation, it's often impossible to get anywhere.

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Global shift to mass transit could save more than $100 trillion and 1,700 megatons of CO2 [View all] Rhiannon12866 Sep 2014 OP

Sure it could, and this is not new news, but... TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #1

This study came out just before the UN Climate Summit Rhiannon12866 Sep 2014 #2

Depends on who "we" are. And the answer is "no" regardless of party. Ignorance. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #3

You can't localize a lot of production like airplane manufacturing, but... TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #4

I would like that data, if you can muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #5

California: NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #6

OK, though I would say that losses should be taken into account muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #7

Going back to the OP topic, however, and my first reply... NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #8

I think energy in manufacture is far more, for anything imported by ship muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #9