Comments on: The People’s Car Arrives… http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 06 May 2012 08:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: AV http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60672 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:32:17 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60672 Karthik, you are the man!

]]> By: Kartikeya Singh http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60320 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:39:15 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60320 Yes, “figuring out biofuels” requires a lot–to start with, forget about using food and productive lands as a means to do so. Has anyone heard about Jatropha? It is being touted as the miracle plant that can be grown on marginal land and is drought resistant. not only this but it increases the productivity of the soil. It can be a boost to rural economies as it can decentralize the production of fuel in rural areas. Time will tell whether it really is a cure-all because corporations are flying in to make big bucks off it. Also, some have said that perhaps it DOES require water.

]]> By: Anne O'Brien http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60278 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:08:51 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60278 “the world figuring out biofuels”-

-as in the world figures out how NOT to use valuable agricultural land for growing agrofuel crops, displacing local people and driving up the global cost of food…

i don’t think that market forces, as they are currently operating, are figuring out an adequate solution for mass produced agro-fuels, versus feeding the world.

]]> By: mbjesq http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60275 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:58:47 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60275 The “people’s car” is a wonderful example of India’s mid-20st Century mindset and its squandered chance at 21st Century development. My short essay on this can be read at http://memestreamblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/india-going-nowhere-fast/.

MBJ

]]> By: Cascadia Brian http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60272 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:46:57 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60272 A lot of people seem not too happy about this car!

“Fiery protest over Tata’s Nano”
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9848763-7.html?tag=nefd.top

]]> By: addy http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60269 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:51:45 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/01/11/the-peopls-car-arrives/#comment-60269 Does anybody know about this site ( http://www.earthlab.com ) ? I have seen other environmental sites with carbon calculators like yahoo and tree huggers, but I am wondering what the deal with earthlab.com is? I saw they also published a list last month of the top ten greenest cities ( http://www.efficientenergy.org/Top-Ten-Green-Cities-in-the-United-States ). Does anyone know if this site is better than the others? Fill me in!

I took their carbon foot print test and it was pretty interesting, they said that I put out 4.5 tons of carbon, does anyone know about any other tests?

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