Comments on: A Long, Boring Post

By: Dusty

Dusty — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:05:23 +0000

I also think its funny that we are both at work and both multi-tasking…

By: JPLand

JPLand — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:56:49 +0000

I think it’s funny that your post has a question mark?
I think it’s funnier that I have the ability to correct it, but will just leave it there?

By: Dusty

Dusty — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:55:28 +0000

I shouldn’t have put a question mark on that. It wasn’t a question. Geez.

By: Dusty

Dusty — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:55:04 +0000

I think its funny that the first electric cars were built and driven in the middle 1800’s?

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:07:34 +0000

I think you may be right. In America, we are motivated the most when our wallets are affected. I’ll be the first to admit that I want my cheap gas back and I want it now!!!!!!!!!!! But, I know that’s just a bandaid and not a long term solution.

By: Alana

Alana — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:04:30 +0000

I take mine back. I like Lance’s idea better. Actually, we really need to get bikes. When people in Montreal find out we don’t have them, they kind of freak out. They’re all like, “How do you GO places?” And we say, “The Metro.” And they say, “No, really. How do you GO places?”

By: lance

lance — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:36:19 +0000

I think you should get a scooter, and we should start a “scooter gang.” We can get tattoos and shave our backs! It will be awesome.

By: Alana

Alana — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:30:04 +0000

You already know this, but I’m with you 100 percent. I’m tired of hearing these ridiculous commercials about “drill here, drill now” and similar garbage. People need it to hurt before they’ll change. I know that makes me sound heartless, but it’s true. Xander and I chose a different lifestyle ahead of the spike, so it isn’t hurting us as badly in terms of commute. (We are feeling it in other ways, though, like the price of food and public transportation.) This is one area of life in which people do have power if they’d just have the patience to exercise it. It’s a big picture thing. In terms of energy consumption, though, there’s more you can do besides just changing the car you drive or how much you drive it. Like–and I’m sorry to tell you this–eat less meat. Buy fewer processed foods. Buy natural products. Buy clothes made of natural fibers. And buy as much stuff produced locally as you can. The less distance it travels to get to you, the better. Right now some of these things are expensive, but as you were saying, as demand increases, productivity will go up and prices will probably go down.

By: Cheryl G

Cheryl G — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:13:49 +0000

It’s called a free market and I love it. Too bad most people don’t want to let it happen. As, my economics professor once said, “Every dollar you spend is a vote for that product or service”. Biased on American’s habits they vote for NOW, FAST and ME FIRST and will file for unemployment, welfare and bankruptcy later!