Well, as Pogo said, "We have met the enemy and he is us."
I think the first step is recognizing complicity (i.e. not blaming
everyone else) and then thinking about, really thinking about the cost of
things. What's the cost of those cars we drive? How many hours a week do
we spend working to pay for the
insurance,
car repair bills,
gas bills,
parking bills, etc.?
Then, how many hours a week do we spend driving the things, or being stuck
in traffic?
Perhaps different regions, different people cobble together different
"solutions." Perhaps driving less and voting for AND USING (ah, too many
people say they want public transportation and then don't use it!) light
rail, buses, carpool incentives, multi-modal transportation (bike to the
bus, etc.).
Then, we can lobby for double-hulled tankers and willingly pay more for
gas to cover the cost of that extra protection.
Etc. etc. you get my drift.
Arlene
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Shit! What can we do about this?
>
> Should we give up driving cars altogether as a way of disconnecting from this
> bullshit? It's another imperial contradiction. Our cities (at least L.A.) are
> built around cars, fragmented, separated, totally isolated without cars, yet
> to participate in a car is to participate in one of the most antiecological
> activities around anywhere. The car is an example where it isn't "them", it's
> "us", and "they" merely supply "us" with the materials.
>
