Comments on: White House Staying Quiet For Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/15/white-house-staying-quiet-for-now-on-transit%e2%80%99s-role-in-climate-bill/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DJB http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/15/white-house-staying-quiet-for-now-on-transit%e2%80%99s-role-in-climate-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-13951 DJB Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:06:05 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=3781#comment-13951 I wish one politician would have the guts to be honest with the American people and tell the truth: we are not going to accomplish critical environmental goals without making it more expensive to use gasoline, and fossil fuels generally. Oh wait, Ralph Nader did, and got 1% of the vote :( I think this is the critical step. When people accept the necessity of making pollution more expensive we will be on our way to solving climate change. For now, we're just messing around. I wish one politician would have the guts to be honest with the American people and tell the truth: we are not going to accomplish critical environmental goals without making it more expensive to use gasoline, and fossil fuels generally. Oh wait, Ralph Nader did, and got 1% of the vote :(

I think this is the critical step. When people accept the necessity of making pollution more expensive we will be on our way to solving climate change. For now, we’re just messing around.

]]>