Originally Posted by
geo8rge
Actually isn't it the greenies that want food turned into ethanol so that poor people starve while rich people drive with diluted fuel. BTW, is that road surface smooth, guess who is paying for it, that dude in the Hummer. Biking also means you have the wealth to live near work/shopping. Do you really expect someone banished to an exurb to thank you for zoning them into a commuter hell.
No environmentalist wants ethanol - that's big agriculture and the Republican party talking, Roads were first paved for bikes - cars came along as opportunists. The guy in the Hummer is definitely not paying his way, as has been well documented over and over.
One problem for the green movement is that there's been an organized propaganda campaign to marginalize it and people are embarrassed to be considered tree huggers. Yet lots of people in this thread - including you and noteon - are doing green stuff. Why not be proud of it instead of somehow ashamed and dismissive?