I disagree on the automobile vs. drugs assertion. Take for instance cigarettes: many indoor public places prohibit smoking. But, because of this, nonsmokers...
... That may (or may not) be so, but the pedestrian fatality rate in New York is very high and is not responding to any effort to reduce it. (See Carfree Times...
The article seems to be fairly accurate. I don't know the details of the numbers he sited, but they do seem to be relatively in line with what I have heard...
... Kind of like a pedestrian or bicyclist threading his way among parked cars or trying to cross the street, while breathing all the auto exhaust. ... So the...
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... The number simply don't make any kind of sense at all. Even optimistic sources like IEA and USGS are nowhere near this optimistic. ... The cost that is...
I did not realize that energy was the main limiting factor for oil shale. That does truly destroy his numbers. However, I can see some benefit from it. Even...
This story was sent to you by: Richard Interesting though perhaps wishful article...Simmons, the energy analyst, doesn't see much hope for Russian oilfields....
... Yeah, don't you wish they'd stop teaching them that the laws of physics don't apply in their world? I couldn't get to the story immediately (the LA Times...
hi all sorry about the cross posting I am looking for the following info. If anyone can help me track it down, I would appreciate it. Joel Crawford, in his...
... Patrick, Thanks for the heads-up on this idea. I asked a former oil industry consultant and he thought this idea didn't have merit. He thought the ...
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5080-2004May31.html ... -- Richard Risemberg http://www.living-room.org http://www.newcolonist.com "Until you...
david, isn't this what you want: http://www.carfree.com/design/far/ http://www.carfree.com/far.html The l.a. statistic is widely cited... I think, but I'm not...
This is a musing which seems like it would be best addressed by following up on the references mentioned in http://www.carfree.com/design/intro.html ... Will...
Hi All. Colin posed a bunch of questions, but I don't have time to respond in any detail right now, being in the middle of writing the book in question and ...
You may try looking at a few city sources - The parks department will probably have a number of total patkland. I have found useful information in zoning codes...
The Chicago Tribune also advocated increasing gasoline taxes in an editorial in Sunday's paper: http://tinyurl.com/3fzgv Copied below. Dan ... Life, liberty...
http://www.ajc.com/health/content/health/0504/31obesity.html Weight: Long commutes add pounds, subtract exercise time By JANET FRANKSTON The Atlanta...
Intersting, especially the part near the end about "land-value capture." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10829-2004Jun2.html ... -- Richard...
=v= Article by Jan Lundberg: http://tinyurl.com/2qpe8 a.k.a. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/02/EDGFJ6V4B01.DTL&type=printable =v= All I...
FYI. -RL Published on Thursday, June 3, 2004 by OneWorld.net Auto Emissions Killing Thousands by Julio Godoy PARIS - Unrestrained consumption of fossil...
=v= I've read a bit more about this issue and I have a bit more to say. The story I provided a link to was posted by Jan Lundburg, its author, on this web...
This sounds interesting. I briefly skimmed it, but I imagine the same ruling would apply to car manufacturers - transit companies could not prevent their...