September 22, 2006
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Do you support the war?
When I see someone drive an car to a protest regarding American actions
in the middle east, I have to wonder where exactly we’re going to get
the gas to fuel that thing from if we start behaving in a responsible
and civilized manner? Perhaps bunnies and puppies and kittens will romp
in endless sunny fields and piddle gasoline for our consumption, but I
doubt it. Every time you fill up, it is a vote to go to war. And no,
your greener-than-thou car isn’t any better than that Escalade. And
yes, I am a hypocrite.Speaking of “green” cars and all their ilk, a tidbit from Cleverchimp via Dandalism:
“Every
single hour that >$20K greener-than-thou car operates, it expends
about the amount of energy necessary to ride a bicycle from Los Angeles
to New York. (37.5kWh = 2,500mi @ 15Wh/mi, 50% metabolic efficiency).”Speaking of bicycles heres a quote that says more than it may seem to at first glance:
“Participatory
democracy demands low-energy technology, and free people must travel
the road to productive social relations at the speed of a bicycle.” –
Ivan Illich
http://reactor-core.org/energy-and-equity.html#chapter3 So
yeah. I really should get rid of my motorcycle. I just don’t wanna. I
was going to go to Tasche Station to pick up some power converters!But I am going to get a long bike.
