--- Excerpt today's Minneapolis Startribune --- Pawlenty pushes plan to double ethanol in gasoline
"MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty proposed on Monday to double the portion of ethanol sold in every gallon of gasoline in the state, from 10 percent to 20 percent." ... "He said that increasing the use of renewable fuels was one way to lessen the country's dependence on foreign oil." ... http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5002480.html --- The Gov. is right in wanting to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. But just that is only part of the problem for the future. An enormous problem for the future is the enormous volumes of CO2 and other greenhouse gases accumulating in earth's atmsphere due to fuel burning, including ethanol. see: http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/infodata/faq_cat-3.html What is really needed are financial incentives to Conserve, Now ... to reduce vehicle miles traveled by highway and air, the large amount of energy used in cooling and heating homes, and the heavy use of energy by industry. Making millions of more cars, trucks and airplanes adds additional large amounts of energy in the production of those vehicles. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchive/message/229 Earlier today, I wrote: "It's even worse than that. The "extra" $750 million a year is for road and transit. Sprawlers, including many local politicians, are getting into daily commuter traffic congestion tie ups. So now the government will dump money on the problem and encouraged even more sprawl by subsidized mass transit bus lanes to downtown from the outter fringes & back, and commuter rail along main highway routes. People drive to parking lots, then get a reduce rate for bus commutes and trips to and from professional football and baseball games. People should pay the complete price for their long commutes and downtown entertainment. If they had to pay the full price they wouldn't live dozens of miles from their daily job locations and favorite entertainment spots. I walk to work and my routine entertainment is prairie restoration in my neighborhood. I rarely drive, don't fly anymore and never take a train or bus. Why should I have to pay for subsidized travel by millions of other people? Many these others do have a choice, they can live closer to their work and play if they just do it, like I did. Some may not be able to, but they should pay the full price of their excessive travel, which would mean they'd at least reduce some of their travel." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paleontology_and_Climate/message/8751 Gov. Tim Pawlenty should do what I asked Gov. Jesse Ventura and his Met Council to do in the 1999 "Big Plan" for transportation. I asked the Gov. and Met Council in Minnesota to "Conserve, Now" ... to reduce vehicle miles traveled by highway and air, the large amoung of energy used in cooling and heating homes, and the heavy use of energy by industry. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchive/message/229 We need to act to reduce greenhouse gas emission... the world is in crisis due to rapid global warming. Pat Neuman Chanhassen, MN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paleontology_and_Climate_Articles/ ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name 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.
