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Originally Posted by mysticaltyger
--Ditch the SUVs and embrace energy efficiency in home building and appliances
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At least ditch the Gasoline or Diesel *only* ones. Many now are coming out flex-fuel, which is at least an acknowledgement of where things are heading (off Gasoline and Diesel, that is).
Yeah on the low energy houses (and commercial buildings). Too bad we side-tracked into the LEED nonsense instead of just going straight for Net Zero energy buildings. And then there is the problem of reworking all the retarded Barbie-Fairy-Castle-McMansions, the now broke Corporate Builder and Bankers foisted on US.
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--embrace more compact development (doesn't have to be Manhattan, but denser than what we've been doing)
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That is somewhat a mantra, but I dunno that it makes that much sense in the long run. No dense pack is long-term self-sustainable. Why make more of it? The assumption is that everyone has to travel daily to work, the mall/store, school, on and on -- but why is that? Has no one in urban planning or business management heard of the internets?
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--build more bike, walking, & mass transit infrastructure
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Way OK on the more bike and walking options.
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--Push for greater use of natural gas for home heating & vehicles. It's a fossil fuel, but it burns cleaner and we have abundant supplies here at home.
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hmmm, come on now. Really? We have (just about) figured we have painted ourselves in a corner with Oil, and now we are supposed to repeat the stupidity with Natural Gas? How Gifted and Talented is that?
Not really giving you are hard time with this, I follow it is being "sold," but really.
Natural Gas winds up with the same mess as Oil, but more so. Poisoned ground water, even frac caused earthquakes in some areas, benzene poison in the air, more CO2 in the air, and in the end it runs out and we are in the same mess all over, but deeper.
Why not just give up the failed Corporate Distribution model and instead go for distributed local renewable? Is it really that hard to acknowledge that the top-down model US Corporate Capitalism is a failure and it is (past) time to dump it?
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--Push for more R&D for cost effective and clean alternatives to fossil fuels.
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Pretty much already exists. Just have to haul the existing dead corporate dinosaurs off the road to get it moving.