Originally Posted by cooperwx
I hope we can do that, Lunch. I hope our kids can use the bicycle as transportation, without tremendous risk to their lungs. I considered heeding the advice last weekend and keeping them inside and out of the pool on the worst of days.
But I guess we have to go on living and not let that stuff get to us, right?
I think it depends what you mean by "get to us." The environmental and social damage caused by cars SHOULD get to us, get under our skin, get us pissed off, get us moving, learning, teaching, doing.
I guess these are the days of Exodus, as Sir Lunch-a-lot said. The largest exodus in human history--by far-- is the ongoing exodus of farmers to the slums of the world. It's important to understand how this exodus is related to cars and to the global commerce that's propped up by cheap petroleum.