*** We need to exhaust all options. We need to conserve, make optimum use of our resources. *** We need an ongoing effort to develop alternative fuels for the future.
i agree with these two statements, particularly the conservation and the development of alternative fuel sources.
The public school does but my son goes to private school and they do not provide bus service.
really? wow. on long island, school districts MUST provide bus service to all students, even those who attend private schools. you still pay your school taxes, your child is a student, that's a shame.
i agree with these two statements, particularly the conservation and the development of alternative fuel sources.
really? wow. on long island, school districts MUST provide bus service to all students, even those who attend private schools. you still pay your school taxes, your child is a student, that's a shame.
It's not that big of a deal. His school is on my way to work so I just drop him off.
"When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
We're SUPPOSED to leave the place better than the way we found it... like the way your parents did for you. We are looking to be the first generation to scuttle the place for our kids to clean up.
I think it could be easily arguedthat every generation since the industrial revolution has left a bigger mess for the next generation. Whether it be institutional fiscal mismanagement and debt, arms build up, unsustainable government programs or the environment.
“One good thing about music,
when it hits you, you feel to pain.
So brutalize me with music.”
~ Bob Marley
I think it could be easily arguedthat every generation since the industrial revolution has left a bigger mess for the next generation. Whether it be institutional fiscal mismanagement and debt, arms build up, unsustainable government programs or the environment.
You need to get off your fat ass and walk somewhere. Or ride a bike. Or campaign for some form of public transport if your town lacks such.
ok so I will campaign for it and it will appear. awesome. i live in the liberal utopia of seattle, I'll be dead before they get their heads out of their asses.
It's not that big of a deal. His school is on my way to work so I just drop him off.
for you it may not be...but nonetheless, i think it is to a degree. even just discussing our fuel usage, makes sense to provide bus service..and sure, as a taxpayer too. i just assumed all areas were the same in that sense. wow. do they not provide textbooks either? or what about extra special services? our public schools provide busing, all textbooks for private students and also whatever 'special needs' support a student may need/use if not available within the private school.
sorry, didn't mean to go off topic...obviously, this just surprises me.
anyway, i think ASLL of this is a very big issue. if we have learned nothing else, we should at least realize depending on a finite source for energy is foolhardy at best....and eventually, someone down the line will be forced to find a better solution, so why not now? i think it would truly make a HUGE difference.
People have been around for nearly 1 million years. What did people do before cars a hundred years ago? Some 999,900 years with no car. 100 years with cars.. hmmm.
People have been around for nearly 1 million years. What did people do before cars a hundred years ago?
so you want to go back to horse and buggy? that'll make for a helluva long commute. unless you want to completely change what our society has become, and good luck with that....makes much more sense to focus on REAL solutions, such as alternative fuel sources.
just caught your edit........um........990,000 years ago humanity didn't have jobs that they showed up for, certainly didn't travel anywhere near as much, or as often as we do now, etc. unless you are promoting we return to being hunters/gathers, etc...why not focus on what we CAN do, right now? the industrial revolution has come and gone, with it's good and bad...unless you want to somehow change all that seems silly to even focus on such.
we're not addicted to oil, but the lifestyle... duh, those were my two year old cousin's first words. until we can reform this ultra-convenient lifestyle there isn't much hope for a more environmentally friendly way of life until all the oil has been depleted. That may take a long long while, and when that day comes, the damage will have been done. The real problem is that the culture we have immersed ourselves in is resistant to change. There is no way that change is gonna come unless we all make a conscious effort to do so. Just listen to "undone" and you'll understand.
we're not addicted to oil, but the lifestyle... duh, those were my two year old cousin's first words. until we can reform this ultra-convenient lifestyle there isn't much hope for a more environmentally friendly way of life until all the oil has been depleted. That may take a long long while, and when that day comes, the damage will have been done. The real problem is that the culture we have immersed ourselves in is resistant to change. There is no way that change is gonna come unless we all make a conscious effort to do so. Just listen to "undone" and you'll understand.
do you really think it's feasible/doable, to truly change the lifestyle though? i agree, changes definitely should/can be made...but to such a degree, that i don't know. i think it is possible, at the very least, to have the lifestyle, or a similar, yet altered lifestyle...and find alternative, environmentally-friendly ways to support the lifestyle. i think it's incremental changes all the way around, and that will be most acceptable, easier to accomplish, and still very positive results. i REALLY would LOVE to see a renewable/sustainable alternate fuel source in my lifetime. i want to be driving my car on corn power before i die.
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i agree with these two statements, particularly the conservation and the development of alternative fuel sources.
really? wow. on long island, school districts MUST provide bus service to all students, even those who attend private schools. you still pay your school taxes, your child is a student, that's a shame.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
It's not that big of a deal. His school is on my way to work so I just drop him off.
when it hits you, you feel to pain.
So brutalize me with music.”
~ Bob Marley
how can anyone argue against this?
ok so I will campaign for it and it will appear. awesome. i live in the liberal utopia of seattle, I'll be dead before they get their heads out of their asses.
for you it may not be...but nonetheless, i think it is to a degree. even just discussing our fuel usage, makes sense to provide bus service..and sure, as a taxpayer too. i just assumed all areas were the same in that sense. wow. do they not provide textbooks either? or what about extra special services? our public schools provide busing, all textbooks for private students and also whatever 'special needs' support a student may need/use if not available within the private school.
sorry, didn't mean to go off topic...obviously, this just surprises me.
anyway, i think ASLL of this is a very big issue. if we have learned nothing else, we should at least realize depending on a finite source for energy is foolhardy at best....and eventually, someone down the line will be forced to find a better solution, so why not now? i think it would truly make a HUGE difference.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
so you want to go back to horse and buggy? that'll make for a helluva long commute.
just caught your edit........um........990,000 years ago humanity didn't have jobs that they showed up for, certainly didn't travel anywhere near as much, or as often as we do now, etc. unless you are promoting we return to being hunters/gathers, etc...why not focus on what we CAN do, right now? the industrial revolution has come and gone, with it's good and bad...unless you want to somehow change all that seems silly to even focus on such.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
do you really think it's feasible/doable, to truly change the lifestyle though? i agree, changes definitely should/can be made...but to such a degree, that i don't know. i think it is possible, at the very least, to have the lifestyle, or a similar, yet altered lifestyle...and find alternative, environmentally-friendly ways to support the lifestyle. i think it's incremental changes all the way around, and that will be most acceptable, easier to accomplish, and still very positive results. i REALLY would LOVE to see a renewable/sustainable alternate fuel source in my lifetime. i want to be driving my car on corn power before i die.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow