The Gulf Oil Spill and Alternative Transportation

Today I read an article in the LA Times by Bill McKibben, Mr. President, Lead Now on Fossil Fuels where he takes the President to task for his weak response to the Gulf oil spill. I then read an article in the NYT entitled, Imagining Life Without Oil and Being Ready.

Both articles make it seem as if "alternative energy" is the answer to all our problems. However, creating an alternative transportation infrastructure so that people can safely and efficiently get to work, home, stores, etc by bus, bike, or walking was not mentioned EVEN ONCE. Am I missing something here?!

The amount of money that these folks are pressuring Obama to put into "alternative energy" when, let's face it folks, we are flat broke and getting deeper into debt every single day (national deficit is in the TRILLIONS) is irresponsible and downright stupid. It is amazing to me that no one has the guts to tell the American public we are going to have to USE LESS. Are we so weak and disabled by our own "lifestyle choices" of obesity, sedentary behavior, personal debt for crap-we-do-not-need that we cannot see the forest for the trees anymore?

Sometimes I feel like I am living in a nation that has lost the ability to count.

Hilarious and *Perfect* Bike Awareness Advertisement

I found this ad on the ibikelondon blog and was totally smitten! It is very, very clever. You will need to watch it twice to really *get* it. Do so, it is worth the time.