Governor Doyle should be invited to this seminar, too. He obviously still favors motor vehicles to more use of nonmotorized vehicles. Otherwise, wouldn't he tell his DOT Secretary to fund more bicycle paths and fewer highway expansions?
What he doesn't seem to understand that excessive use of personal motor vehicles is a big reason why the climate is warming, why sea level is rising, why storms are becoming stronger, etc., and why air quality alerts are called. He doesn't seem to understand that promoting greater use of nonmotorized travel (bicycles, walking) and mass transit, as an alternative to personal automobile driving, could be a big part of the solution to these problems, but that the window is closing for him to do something about this. Maybe if someone besides me would tell him that, he might consider listening? Then again, maybe the governor's preferences can be explained more by the fact that he received campaign contributions from the Wisconsin road and bridge builders, but not the Wisconsin bicyclists, walkers and bus riders? Mike Please join us at 6 p.m. this evening in AB20 Weeks Hall (Geology's seminar room) for a guest seminar presented by Jim White, Fellow of Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Professor of Geological Sciences, and Director of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. White is on the Science Advisory Board of the Ice Core Drilling Services. What everyone needs to know about climate change, and how to tell your friends, neighbors, and even strangers. Ever ask yourself: Is climate changing? Are we causing climate to change? The answers are yes, and yes. But how do we know that? And how do I translate that darn Science-ese into English? Come hear the answers and learn what everyone should know about their home planet. The times (and climate) are changing fast. We're all part of the problem, but we're also the solution. We all need to be informed, so come educate yourself and learn how to educate others. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
