a couple of points:

1. a million bucks? how many tax payers are there in the united states? 200 million? that's one half of one penny per year per taxpayer. sheesh.

2. bicycles are 'nineteenth century technology'? maybe if mchenry is driving a model t that argument holds water, but the last time i checked bicycles with equal-sized wheels and parallelogram derailleurs didn't make the scene until the late forties.

3. nuclear power? to halt climate change? has no one ever factored in the amount of energy used to mine and, more importantly refine, the uranium used in these reactors? when the darlington plant came online in ontario the government was talking about a seven to ten year payback on co2 savings if high-grade ore was used. that means that it would take at least seven years of full operation before any savings in co2 was realized. now, based on a forty year lifespan, that still means a win, but it ain't a magic bullet. oh, and enrichment requires the use of cfc-114... a pretty heavy duty ozone-destroyer.