there’s a category of libs in cambridge and portland and arlington va that remains opposed to any drilling anywhere, at this juncture for no sound environmental or conservation reason but mainly because they want us fatassed rightwingers and Republicans peddling bicycles to work and to the grocery store, just like any third-world peasant (after all, we’re no better than them).
of course the solipsistic and angry liberal do-gooder doesn’t understand that the vast American landscape does not include Metrorail or BART or The T, but rather many miles of nothingness between towns and cities, and that hauling 20 tons of organic sunflower seeds to the Whole Foods warehouse is not possible with bicycles.
the basic motivation of the committed urban leftie is to stick it to the Republicans and Jesus freaks. make ‘em walk or take a bus.