Comments on: Voting For The Environment – Where The Democrats Stand. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/04/voting-the-environment-where-the-candidates-stand/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Protecting Our Environment & Our Prosperity- Tratfor http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/04/voting-the-environment-where-the-candidates-stand/#comment-25260 Protecting Our Environment & Our Prosperity- Tratfor Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:24:33 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/04/voting-the-environment-where-the-candidates-stand/#comment-25260 [...] Voting For The Environment – Where The Democrats Stand. While I understand there are very big issues that the next President will have to face, one of my personal concerns is how they are going to treat issues pertaining… [...] [...] Voting For The Environment – Where The Democrats Stand. While I understand there are very big issues that the next President will have to face, one of my personal concerns is how they are going to treat issues pertaining… [...]

]]> By: david http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/04/voting-the-environment-where-the-candidates-stand/#comment-13994 david Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:42:42 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/04/voting-the-environment-where-the-candidates-stand/#comment-13994 It's OK to be pessimistic about this stuff Ryan - it gets to all of us sometimes. I honestly think we need to focus on the bigger picture in terms of policy, and the smaller changes will come along with it. On a personal level, though, I do everything I can to reduce my energy usage, my consumption of goods, and my footprint. It makes me feel more optimistic about what can be done long term. It’s OK to be pessimistic about this stuff Ryan – it gets to all of us sometimes. I honestly think we need to focus on the bigger picture in terms of policy, and the smaller changes will come along with it.

On a personal level, though, I do everything I can to reduce my energy usage, my consumption of goods, and my footprint. It makes me feel more optimistic about what can be done long term.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/04/voting-the-environment-where-the-candidates-stand/#comment-13993 Ryan Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:39:51 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/04/voting-the-environment-where-the-candidates-stand/#comment-13993 I realized that I might have been being too pessimistic in my last post! Tim, I think you're right that a lot of things can be linked back to energy needs. Maybe this is the right place to start. Then we can focus on thinkgs like pesticides, overfishing, etc. However I worry that it might be too late by the time that happens, especially with overfishing. I think my frustration comes not because I think that we're all doomed, it's just that I think we could be moving faster on things. But maybe I just need to be happy with progress at any pace! I realized that I might have been being too pessimistic in my last post! Tim, I think you’re right that a lot of things can be linked back to energy needs. Maybe this is the right place to start. Then we can focus on thinkgs like pesticides, overfishing, etc. However I worry that it might be too late by the time that happens, especially with overfishing. I think my frustration comes not because I think that we’re all doomed, it’s just that I think we could be moving faster on things. But maybe I just need to be happy with progress at any pace!

]]> By: Tim Hurst http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/04/voting-the-environment-where-the-candidates-stand/#comment-13924 Tim Hurst Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:57:40 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/04/voting-the-environment-where-the-candidates-stand/#comment-13924 Ryan, tell me if you think is too much of a reach. Plastic bags are made from petroleum products. The House-proposed energy bill last fall included a provision to cut the massive tax breaks that the oil companies got and redistributing those breaks to renewable energy production. That redistribution of tax breaks was threatened a veto by Bush and removed from the final version. If the Big Oil does not get those subsidies would the (exceedingly cheap) price of plastic bags go up? They might. I know it's not the strongest argument of such a linkage! But it is those types of connections that we need to be discussing. Ryan, tell me if you think is too much of a reach. Plastic bags are made from petroleum products. The House-proposed energy bill last fall included a provision to cut the massive tax breaks that the oil companies got and redistributing those breaks to renewable energy production. That redistribution of tax breaks was threatened a veto by Bush and removed from the final version.

If the Big Oil does not get those subsidies would the (exceedingly cheap) price of plastic bags go up? They might.

I know it’s not the strongest argument of such a linkage! But it is those types of connections that we need to be discussing.

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