I appreciate Dorie Rae's reply on this matter, but perhaps did not make my point clearly. The crucial matter related to the expansion of Lake Street is whether or not we will be able to drive as many cars there in the future as we do now.
Unless we engage in some kind of magical, superstitious, or wishful thinking, the simple fact is that most people will not be able to afford to drive very much in the next ten or twenty years. There is no technological fix or even any national, state, or local planning to address this huge energy depletion, and while nearly every economist or scientist working on projects related to energy are giving clear warnings about this, most Americans refuse to pay attention. By the time the facts trickle down to the so-called "free-market" it will be far too late to respond -- technological fixes will be far more expensive and will take too many years to bring online to provide us with even half the energy we are used to dealing with. The harderst-hit sector will be transportation. We need to stop spending money on building better roads, and spend more on rails, biodeisel-hybrid busses, and bikeable-walkable urban neighborhood infrastructure. Minneapolis citizens,City Council and Mayor need to ask questions about our transportation infrastructure related to energy resouces, and make decision based on facts about our energy supply. -- pedaling for peace and eco-justice -- cool and wet in Kingfield -- Gary Hoover REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
