Did we invent cars and other efficient modes of transportation by outlawing horses; by pointing at their **** in the streets, and corrupting the water supply and saying "something must be done!"? Insofar as this post is relevant to the commuter forum, I challenge you to justify your commute with out paying homage to the innovation and modern transportation system that creates and supports the jobs and fields we work in. Denying innovation, 'restraining' use of oil for the sake of 'sustainability' denies the underlying ingenuity and freedoms that created a better future for us and will absolutely (as evidenced by the industrial revolution) lead to a clean and healthy future for our children beyond our wildest dreams. Industrialization does not = pollution.

Not all bike-commuters are not out to 'save the environment' because they understand that the environmental movement in its modern manifestations is ideologically flawed. If left un-challenged we will have no choice 'but' to ride bikes (possibly back to the caves where we'll live).

/rant over
//not liberal, conservative or libertarian
///gets really annoyed when people congratulate me for commuting because I'm 'doing my part' and 'giving back'; to whom and for what they never quite know.
////see ya'll on the road.