Comments on: LaHood’s bike policy hits GOP potholes

By: Hoskins Traeger

Hoskins Traeger — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:07:06 +0000

LaHood will be a hero if he doesn’t knuckle under to the oil industry bullies on this. Bold new ideas, as Thomas Kuhn wrote, often go through three phases: they are (1) dismissed as silly; (2) violently resisted; (3) accepted in the end as obvious. But that only comes when the adherents to the old paradigm die out or fade away. That day, I’m afraid, can’t come too soon for our country in this case. Our mounting addiction to imported petroleum has brought huge social costs: a degraded environment, steadily rising obesity rates, and rising global resource conflict. The oil interests have had their day. We’ve now reached a point where we have to shake loose of our dependence on them. Our survival is at stake.

By: Carl Nemo

Carl Nemo — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:50:42 +0000

It’s going to happen; ie, a world of rapidly diminishing oil reserves. So folks best have climbed onboard with solar, wind, nuclear and physical power big time or the quality of life for the entire planet is to become a bicycle ride to hell… : |

Carl Nemo **==

By: woody188

woody188 — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:46:13 +0000

Preparing us for a future of little to no oil and gas?

By: Mightymo

Mightymo — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:46:48 +0000

One of the great things I like about living in California is that almost any place that you go, there is a very strong emphasis on walking and bike riding. The paths are clean, in good repair, and are often very enjoyable to use. Not to mention that there are large parks just about everywhere.

It reminds me of living in Utah and it’s supposedly strong “family” values. Those idiots wouldn’t know how to build a park if someone gave them the instructions! They wouldn’t know family values if it jumped up and bit them on the nose.

By: Almandine

Almandine — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:04:37 +0000

“He drew cheers when he vowed the Obama administration will put affordable housing next to walking and biking paths.”

People’s communes… with affordable manual transportation… between the commnal gardens, communal markets, and their communal housing units.

We don’t need no stinking freight haulers!