I moved to France last spring, and I don't have a car. I just love the excellent public transportation in this country. It's such a joy to not have a car and to relax on a bus or a train to go wherever I want to go. Yes -- no car = happiness.
Eventually Trump is going to have to listen to the titans of industry (and big agriculture) that don't want tarriffs, don't want to see wage increases due to lack of immigrant and 1st generation labor market shrinkage,don't want on and off regulations that discombobulate markets they rather see hold steady. And if he tries to break up labour strikes his popularity will fade with the public. I see rough seas if Trump does stupid acts while in power. Get your pitch folks ready to run him out of Washington citizens🎅
But I'm still holding to my happy fantasy, that Trump is so unpredictable he may convert to lord-high apostle of environment and bring his whole adoring cult of MAGA worshippers along with him. Don't wake me, till this dream comes true.
Great post Bill. Another doable climate reduction would be to re-introduce public transit as it existed in large communities in the first half of the twentieth century. At that time public transit, whether street cars or buses ran in straight lines along every major city. They didn't detour through neighborhoods like school buses. People actually 'walked' a block or two to the nearest stop. Yes, on their feet. As a teenager I walked two miles to catch a streetcar which ran every three minutes from 6AM to 10AM, to get to high school. Elementary school was less than a mile away. Guess what? It neither crippled nor killed me. My father had a car, but unless he needed it for business he too, took public transit.
Slowing down on ln gas will lead to Europe outbidding usa for it. your energy prices will increase dramatically therefore. Trust me Europe will bid whatever it costs or we will freeze.
I moved to France last spring, and I don't have a car. I just love the excellent public transportation in this country. It's such a joy to not have a car and to relax on a bus or a train to go wherever I want to go. Yes -- no car = happiness.
Eventually Trump is going to have to listen to the titans of industry (and big agriculture) that don't want tarriffs, don't want to see wage increases due to lack of immigrant and 1st generation labor market shrinkage,don't want on and off regulations that discombobulate markets they rather see hold steady. And if he tries to break up labour strikes his popularity will fade with the public. I see rough seas if Trump does stupid acts while in power. Get your pitch folks ready to run him out of Washington citizens🎅
But I'm still holding to my happy fantasy, that Trump is so unpredictable he may convert to lord-high apostle of environment and bring his whole adoring cult of MAGA worshippers along with him. Don't wake me, till this dream comes true.
I really like your dream…
Again read Paul Street
Read some Paul Street commentary. He's real good of explaining this dilemma.
Just saying
In LNG point 2, I think you mean Europe needs 'less not more'
I support this 100%, to slow down the LNG rush.
Great post Bill. Another doable climate reduction would be to re-introduce public transit as it existed in large communities in the first half of the twentieth century. At that time public transit, whether street cars or buses ran in straight lines along every major city. They didn't detour through neighborhoods like school buses. People actually 'walked' a block or two to the nearest stop. Yes, on their feet. As a teenager I walked two miles to catch a streetcar which ran every three minutes from 6AM to 10AM, to get to high school. Elementary school was less than a mile away. Guess what? It neither crippled nor killed me. My father had a car, but unless he needed it for business he too, took public transit.
So many interesting and imperative stories this week.
Thanks for the hopeful news!
Another excellent piece, Bill. The Crucial Years should be required reading for everybody in the U.S. who cares about protecting a livable planet.
Slowing down on ln gas will lead to Europe outbidding usa for it. your energy prices will increase dramatically therefore. Trust me Europe will bid whatever it costs or we will freeze.
Informative -- wow!
Where's the petition, Please?
The link is in Bill's article, also here: https://actnow.evergreenaction.com/page/75427/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=241114-Biden-LNG-blog-embed&_gl=1*2zrp6c*_gcl_au*MTMyMTE5NjIxMC4xNzMxMzY2ODUy*_ga*ODI2NDE3MzU5LjE3MzEzNjY4NTI.*_ga_7BCSSJJF34*MTczMzMzMzc2My4zLjEuMTczMzMzMzkyMy4xMS4wLjA.*_ga_5KRRD782TP*MTczMzMzMzc2My4zLjEuMTczMzMzMzkxNi4wLjAuMA..
Trump only knows tariffs, hatred of the "deep state" (which he uses daily) and oil. End of knowledge