Comments on: Norway draws the line: Cars simply are not “Green” http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 06 May 2012 08:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joy http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52926 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:27:00 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52926 You know, not too many years back “we” kicked the cigarette advertisements not only off of TV, but out of magazines as well. “Truth” was they were just polluting our bodies, kill our bodies off. I get so very angry when I see a beautiful pristine panoramic view of an unspoiled spot on our earth, and then see a car. I mean gesh. Those vehicles are killing off our planet. And besides, there really isn’t enough room on this planet for a car for every person in the first place. I’m all for getting rid of the car ads – on TV especially. We did it with cigarettes. We can do it with cars. Kick ‘em off tv and out of our towns! Yep, this is a good life – let’s preserve it.

]]> By: Matt http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52752 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:55:54 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52752 Totally agree. The production of automobiles and associated infrastructure is inherently un-friendly to the environment. Even if, by some stretch of technology, we were able to manufacture an automobile that produced zero waste – cradle to grave – the building and maintenance of roads would still be environmentally destructive. Further, the sprawl, MacMansions, and big box stores popping up across this country could not exist without the automobile. Finally, the communities that are fragmented by destructive, auto-centric planning and people killed at the hands of belligerent and often drunk drivers is undeniable.

Cars are destructive – environmentally and otherwise. A better automobile is still a bad vehicle. And while I understand that there are parts of this globe and especially the this (US) country that may always require access to an automobile, my vision of my future involves a car free society.

]]> By: Amy Ortiz http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52744 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:49:30 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52744 I completely agree with this. I think it is ridiculous that people act like the Pruis is the most environmentally friendly thing to reach the market. I recently got an email about some Al Gore eco competition….and the first prize was a Toyota hybrid. This sort of messaging seems to imply that not only are hybrids not bad for the environment, but driving one can be actually beneficial.

]]> By: Alan Bender http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52740 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:42:14 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52740 (War) is not the Answer
Ride a Bicycle

Car are just another name for (War)

]]> By: Nick http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52720 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:53:47 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52720 I agree wholeheartedly. As far as gas consumption goes, I sort of have to laugh when people start talking about boycotting a particular gas station that’s supposed to be the worst environmental offender. I mean, ALL oil companies are bad – why not boycott every one of them? And as with oil companies, so with car manufacturers. Like it or not, we environmentalists cannot settle with simply driving hybrids or biodiesel-powered vehicles – we must seek to bring the demand for cars in general down. This school year, I’ve made a pledge to go as long as I can without riding in anything that emits greenhouse gases, except for public transportation vehicles, and the university vans which are used for field trips and other school trips (and which generally have about eight people carpooling in them). My bike is getting used quite regularly!

]]> By: Dan Ariadna http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52719 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:38:45 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52719 It is in fact up to us — up to all of us consumers – to make the cars truly green. Recently the City of Santa Monica built a solar carport for their local government cars, which are electric.

These cars are unaffected by any oil prices, simply because they do not use oil. The sun recharges those cars for free every day. Thank you, City of Santa Monica, there are no money needed for gas from your taxpayers. And — you have guessed correctly — there are no emissions from these cars.

Perhaps we should demand a free carport (and a few electric buses, for inner use), on every campus in the United States. Yes, electric buses exist today and electric trolleys have been in use in Europe perhaps for 100 years. It would be a good beginning.

]]> By: OneClimate.net » Cars can't be “Green” in Norway http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52678 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:12:58 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52678 [...] Read more on this. This post was tagged as being about:  car advertising , greenwash , legislation , Norway [...]

]]> By: Bioanthony http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52659 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:38:55 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/07/norway-draws-the-line-cars-simply-are-not-green/#comment-52659 *applause*

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