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One Less Car is not enough

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Old 05-04-07 | 02:44 PM
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One Less Car is not enough



I propose a more active anti-car campaign
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Old 05-04-07 | 02:47 PM
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A lot of people would have said two less cars. I'm glad you didn't because that is my pet hate.
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Old 05-04-07 | 02:48 PM
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Old 05-04-07 | 02:52 PM
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hey dude when I got into riding my back day in day out I got rid of my two cars my pick up and my motorcycle so do I get some kinda medal
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Old 05-04-07 | 02:53 PM
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heh, anywhere you can get that on a tshirt?
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Old 05-04-07 | 03:49 PM
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Yeah man, stick it to them cars, despite the fact that the vast majority of pollution and waste is coming from coal plants, China, and third world nations.
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Old 05-04-07 | 04:00 PM
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Even though we burn a few million gallons a day of gasoline.
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Old 05-04-07 | 04:09 PM
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U.S. 25% world total
India + China = 14%

I'm studying environmental regulations for my International Business final as I type this, so it's only as accurate as my textbook.
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Old 05-04-07 | 04:09 PM
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according to wikipedia, global warming is due to the over population of cougars.
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Old 05-04-07 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by octopus magic
Yeah man, stick it to them cars, despite the fact that the vast majority of pollution and waste is coming from coal plants, China, and third world nations.
The majority of air pollution comes from mobile sources, which
includes automobiles. Whether is comes from China, the third
world, or your parents' SUV is totally irrelevant.
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Old 05-04-07 | 05:20 PM
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according to wikipedia, global warming is due to the over population of cougars.
Do you mean cougars as in the cat or cougars as in the name given to older women dating younger men?
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Old 05-04-07 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by mugatu
U.S. 25% world total
India + China = 14%

I'm studying environmental regulations for my International Business final as I type this, so it's only as accurate as my textbook.
Won't be that way much longer.
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Old 05-04-07 | 05:49 PM
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The majority of air pollution comes from mobile sources, which
includes automobiles. Whether is comes from China, the third
world, or your parents' SUV is totally irrelevant.
not when a lot of those mobile sources are transportation infrastructure, which probably isn't going to embrace cycling or alternative energy sources (except, possibly biodiesel in some cases) anytime soon. passenger cars are actually pretty low on the list of consumers of petroleum fuels.
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Old 05-04-07 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by progre-ss
Do you mean cougars as in the cat or cougars as in the name given to older women dating younger men?
oh I mean cougars as in cats, seriously do a wikipedia search for "cougars", then you'll know the truth.

as for the older women, they only cause shore erosion.
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Old 05-04-07 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by dustinlikewhat
oh I mean cougars as in cats, seriously do a wikipedia search for "cougars", then you'll know the truth.

as for the older women, they only cause shore erosion.
coulda swore I read "shoe erosion" ...
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Old 05-04-07 | 09:26 PM
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nah dude global warming is from cow poop and space aliens smokin hash
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al gore created it.
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Old 05-04-07 | 09:43 PM
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wikipedia is trying to cover up the truth about cougars...
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Old 05-04-07 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by octopus magic
Yeah man, stick it to them cars, despite the fact that the vast majority of pollution and waste is coming from coal plants, China, and third world nations.
aside from the obvious air pollution, personal vehicles occupy an extremely large amount of urban space, which is dirrectly correlated to quality of life. among other things, including material consumption, like rubber tires. they are too costly to recycle and can create very toxic situations. instead of saying more, i would just recommend reading "asphalt nation" by jane holtz kay, and to keep an objective mind.
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Old 05-04-07 | 10:13 PM
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you guys read the article in todays Wall street journal about cycling in amsterdam? good read
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Old 05-04-07 | 10:36 PM
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I agree with the idea that there should be practically no cars within major metropolitan areas (such as the ones that most of you seem to live in).

However, when I go to New Hampshire to climb some mountains and swim in some lakes, having a car is nice.
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Old 05-04-07 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Igneous Faction
I agree with the idea that there should be practically no cars within major metropolitan areas (such as the ones that most of you seem to live in).

However, when I go to New Hampshire to climb some mountains and swim in some lakes, having a car is nice.
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I drove CONSTANTLY back in Montana. I had to, it get's friggin cold for one. There's NO public transportation in the town I lived in, and it's spread out. And chances are, if you went to a buddy's house, he lived 20+ miles away out in the middle of nowhere.

Now I'm in California and really don't understand why people drive. ESPECIALLY in the bay area. BART is so rad. And biking is radder.
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Old 05-05-07 | 12:05 AM
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Hints at a much bigger issue. Capitalism is parasitic for profit as an end. Try to work around, via stickers or rocket launchers at family sedans, and you'll fail.

Sorry.

Or is it meant as a smei-sarcastic comment on the original campaign? Damn activist slogans gettin too fancy fer my late 20s brain...

Let us move backward toward late 70s french situationalism...

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Old 05-05-07 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Tapeworm21
There's NO public transportation in the town I lived in, and it's spread out.

Not meaning to attack you in any way, but could you stop for a moment, and think why those two things are the way they are?

- no public transportation

- habitations too spread out


Think about both, long and hard. As a bouns, think about whether it's the same in other parts of the world, does it necessarily have to be so, and is it sustainable in the long run.
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Old 05-05-07 | 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by dustinlikewhat
wikipedia is trying to cover up the truth about cougars...
So edit it...
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