(Warning…Political Content) Watching the presidential debates a couple of weeks back, I couldn’t help but take note that there was hardly a mention of behavioral changes on the part of Americans to address gas prices and energy consumption.
There has been some lip-service given to developing public transportation infrastructure, but I doubt that will happen until it is virtually too late. I’m so frustrated now that so many Americans are demanding that the government and industry solve the resources problem for them.
At a meeting we went to recently on Transition Towns and Peak Oil there were some scary numbers thrown around about how technology solutions aren’t going to solve our problems. Hybrid cars, wind & solar energy, nuclear, or the mythical clean coal don’t stand a chance at picking up the slack left by declining oil production.
I’m a HUGE advocate for making changes to our behaviors in order to reduce consumption. The benefits are endless, you save money, help reduce environmental harm, and maintain better health. I sincerely hope that more people in the community start to adopt similar solutions.
But…I found this video today and am truly troubled. Watch for yourself.
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Tags: energy crisis, Transportation
October 7th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Did you watch the debate tonight? Obama was talking about a need for personal sacrifice. That video is painful.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:41 am
I did watch it…and everyone in the house where I was watching clapped when he talked about conservation and becoming more aware of energy usage. I still think that there is too much focus on technological solutions, wind, solar, bio-fuel, hybrids, nuclear, and clean coal (er?). But as a whole, he finally started to use language that I can respect on this issue. There was a glimmer of hope.