>There is a limit on how much we can do when we cant even agree on the >necessity of the actions. We will have to deal with the rest when we >know more. I think we should do a lot more right now, but a little >is better than nothing. > >I have chosen to live in a place where I usually do not need any >other transport than my feet. It would be great if everybody could >do that but it would require re-planning most of our cities... > >DagT > >
With thinking like that we'd all still be huddled over in Mesopotamia. :-) Developing sustainable low or non-polluting energy sources enabling travel is preferable to not going anywhere, or making everyone live within people-power distance from their employment. Early in the 20th century electric automobiles were being developed. Their production, and R&D into the technology mostly ground to a halt, no doubt for greater economic gain by using polluting fuels. Even now the majority of efforts to produce non-polluting energy is either half-hearted or hampered by non-funding. If we can go to the moon and plan to go to Mars we surely have the smarts to find a way around our own planet without destroying it in the process. Whether mankind at large has the collective common sense to do so is another matter. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
