Right. They are looking to exploit the ignorance of the electorate in order to win elections. But I was looking at solutions to the problem. And neither side has a monopoly on solutions. We are going to need to invest in more oil, at the same time as investing more money into infrastructure to get a lot of people out of their cars. Public transportation is going to have to improve a lot. Most of the buses I am on during the day are standing room only. That’s 35 to 40 people that are not driving around in cars. It takes up less space on the road and uses less gas. And it REALLY sucks sometimes when I am trying to get home from my job interview so I can get changed to go to work (by the way, I got the job, which will mean an extra $500 a month), but then I realize that traveling across town and back cost me almost nothing, and my car would have cost me $10 or so.
The problem is going to require an “all of the above” approach that no side seems to want to do.
Why must we keep dreaming down instead of dreaming upwards?
Next it will be we need to get people out of their houses and into giant public buildings. That will take up less space and cost less for all that public transportation infrastructure and the people will be easier to control.
No thank you, if dreaming bigger and better is bad...color me bad to the bone, baby.