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Oxygen
I was driving home from my father-in-law's house in Tacoma this evening: the wife and kids were asleep, the wind was cool, my head was clear. One of those nice highway moments.
I was thinking about the overwhelming odds against creating a humane, sustainable culture out of the chaos and violence gathering around us. Just then, a song called "Oxygen" by Willy Mason came on. I'd heard it dozens of times, but for some reason this time it spoke to me, reminded me that all I can do is what I can do -- be the best person I can be, and tell the truth as I see it. You too.
Song and lyrics below the fold.
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Stockholm congestion tax
Interesting story from Alan AtKisson about a traffic congestion tax in Stockholm that was tried, succeeded, and was discontinued.
I wonder if we could get one of these going in Seattle.
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Electric Car director on Daily Show
Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car?, appeared on The Daily Show last night, and did pretty well.
Video below the fold.
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Beanies and the jets
Get out your propeller beanies, folks. I'm going into full-on geek mode.
On Monday I mentioned that -- despite my family's best efforts to cut back on our CO2 emissions by reducing how much we fly -- the world has conspired to defeat us. Sure, we're flying less, but the rest of our extended family is flying more as a consequence.
One commenter asked if I shouldn't forget all the personal sacrifice folderol, and just work to convince Boeing to build more efficient planes.
Oh, if only it were so easy ...
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Idle hands …
Does anyone care about Marc Morano's hack blasts any more? He's now flinging lies at Bob Herbert's wan little column on global warming, which to me gives the distinct odor of busywork.
Maybe if we all just ignore him, Inhofe will put him to work doing something else. Hey, I hear the pesticide industry is in need of some FUD.
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Seattle’s papers catch up with electric cars
Here in Seattle, we have two daily papers. They're embroiled in a seemingly endless joint-operating dispute. I don't know the ins and outs of the deal, being a relative newcomer to the city, but I do know this: every morning at the bus stop, as I review the front pages displayed in the papers' side-by-side machines, I marvel at their attempts to tell the same stories in different ways.
Today, for instance, both front pages featured huge, splashy photos of our visit from the Blue Angels -- but with different headlines, people! Different headlines! And there, at upper left, each had a plug for an article on an electric car. The Times went with the Tesla, while the P-I featured the Zap! Xebra. (Both PDFs, sorry.)
Semi-funny, yes. But it's also an indication of how far we've come. This is the dawning of the age of the curious. Better to have two papers reporting on this kind of thing than none.
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Meet your meat
Meat.org has a new video. I've pasted it below the fold. Not for the weak of stomach.
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Break on Through to the Other ‘Cide
EPA proposes ban on two toxic pesticides, limits on use of many others As part of a congressionally mandated 10-year review, the U.S. EPA this week recommended banning two particularly toxic pesticides and putting thousands of restrictions on the use of others. Out of 231 “active ingredients” reviewed by the agency, the two singled out […]
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Friedman At Last, Friedman At Last
Federal judge whacks EPA for foot-dragging on toxic air pollution This week, a federal judge administered a well-placed kick to the rear end of the U.S. EPA, blasting the agency for being “grossly delinquent” in regulating air pollutants as required by the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments. While EPA has developed emissions regulations for only […]
