> What are some of the methods to reduce the > GHG emission? Are we talking about reduction > on a individual level, or as a metro area?
Josh, I'm limited on time right now, so I just have this brief reply. On a personal level, I moved to Chanhassen following an office move by my employer several years ago. I walk or bike to work and most other places too. We have a car but it's usually parked in the garage. Many of my neighbors say they 'need' more garage space (cars, trucks, boats, ATVs, snowmobiles, riding lawn movers, other power tools and toys, etc... even three car garages aren't big enough for them anymore so they've moved to places that have four or five garage spaces, which probably become crowded with time too. More space encourages more products, which fills the space... 'demanding' more space... similar to more and bigger highways encourage development further out from the cities... eventually causing more congestion and more 'need' for more and bigger highways... similar to a feedback mechanism ... more CO2 emissions cause more global warming... causing more need for power (air conditioning), and other global warming feedbacks (too numerous to get into here). Pat PS Josh... I hope you don't mind that I Cced this to my ClimateArchive list. pat >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think you have great points. What are some of the methods to reduce the GHG emission? Are we talking about reduction on a individual level, or as a metro area? In GHG reduction, are we talking about more fuel efficient cars, or shorter travel distances? When I had a job working as an outsourced copy/mail room person, most of the places I worked were downtown Mpls., and I lived at Franklin and Hennepin. I didi have a couple month stint in Edina, and except for pay day, I would bus out to the Centennial Lakes area. I got a much better job in the Univ Ave and Hwy 280 area that included me running errands for the non-profit and the bus was less workable. Then I started hunting for a job, and was trying to get something in south Mpls east of Minnehaha Ave. Unfortunately, I couldn't afford what I was looking for in that area and bought a house in the nice neighborhood of Powderhorn Park. So currently my commute is about 6-7 miles one way, about 15-20 minutes travel time, and no highway. I wonder what the commute times and distance are for other list members? Josh Minneapolis ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. Neuman self only" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:51 PM Subject: [TCMetro] 15th Annual Transportation Research Conference > 15th Annual Transportation Research Conference > > Today I was at the 15th Annual Transporation Research Conference, a forum > for shared research in transportation in the Upper Midwest. The > featured speaker was Professor John Heywood, Sun Jai Professor of > Mechanical Engineering and Director of Sloan Automotive Lab, > Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prof. Heywood expressed an > urgency that is needed to reduce fossil fuel emissions of greenhouse > gases(GHGs), not a single method, but many. Mike Neuman's $$ to reduce > vehicle miles traveled should be one of many methods used to reduce > fossil fuel emissions of GHGs. My poster presentation today was on > Mike's proposal, which I thought went very well. > > I am proposing that people get serious and greatly reduce their > emissions of GHGs ASAP. Many jobs have already moved to the suburbs. > That trend began several years ago and continues. The majority of the > rush hour traffic in the Minneapolis-St.Paul area is suburb to suburb. > Some commutes even go through downtown areas. This is not new, just more > frequent now than ever before. > > There were not any presentations on how to reduce fossil fuel emissions > of GHGs [ from aviation ] at the conference, not that I was aware of anyway. I read an > email today that the Central Illinois Regional Airport will receive > another $ 6.2 million from the federal government for the continued > expansion of runways, adding up to $24.2 million according to Fran > Strebing, deputy director of marketing at the airport. Last year, the > federal funding allowed the airport to lengthen and widen its primary > runaway, she said. [Tuesday, May 4, 2004 , By Scott Miller, Pantagraph > Publishing Co., SPRINGFIELD IL.] - The harm being done to the atmosphere > and climate is very severe, and increasing rapidly. Strong measured are > needed ASAP to try to reduce the damage to the atmosphere and climate by > aviation. > > Pat Neuman > Chanhassen, MN > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
