Can you believe it??
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- rosem0
humans are not dependent on oil — our population is. when the oil goes, 90% of the population goes with it.
- bliznutty0
and i hate to do it again but..
"Just a thought... but I wouldn't be surprised if the automobile and oil companies actually bribe city planners (any higher-up gov't officials who oversee the writing of codes for how developers can build in a particular city) so that they'll write those codes to FAVOR the sprawling of cities." - iCanHasQBN
DUDE!! you need to get with the program. you are like clueless to how the world works aren't you? literally, wake up in time and are like.. "Uhhh, i wouldn't be surprised if things actually worked in favor of industry" blah blah and ha ha. do you know what a monopoly is or how big industry works or even have a clue?
and why wouldn't social city planners adhere to the auto industry? there is alot of land in america, cars are convenient and affordable, are returned as ROI if driving to a job. its just the case that we are at where we are today through an industrial stronghold over our economy, the wicked political tricks of those industries, and the natural growth of our society.
someday your grandchildren are going to be pissed at you for building computers and "programs" that automate their entire life.. but you don't give a fuck now do you?
- benfal990
- some americans like myself choose to drive these http://tinyurl.com/2… - just sayin'jmilligan
- VikingKingEleven0
I am confused? Is America the only country that uses oil?
- VikingKingEleven0
Thank god one man on this board has common sense and hidden talents to find unknown — inspiring comic book covers.
- bliznutty0
"and i would CYCLE that fucking 2 miles if there wasn't a damn freeway sitting in the way. build cities correctly!" – iCanHasQBN
you're excuse not to bike to work is typical and it stinks.. blame, blame, blame. and why would you move 35 miles to start up an engine twice a day to drive 2 miles across a freeway? was this move really a 'fight the oil industry' or 'my convenience' move? oh wait, "if the city were just built correctly" <-- hilarious :D - i work with people that bike 10+ miles into work... like whoa, huh? hahaha
- Do you work for Exxon Mobile?
You should get a job as a lobbyist for them, or maybe as their spokesperson.utopian - yes, if the city was built correctly, with pedestrians and cyclists in mind, i COULD get to work by bike.iCanHasQBN
- it is physically impossible to get across unless you are in a car. what part of that don't you understand?iCanHasQBN
- btw, i cycle 25 miles every morning for fitness. +80 on the weekends. your implication that i'm lazy is preposterous.iCanHasQBN
- Do you work for Exxon Mobile?
- gramme0
We need to stop moving. The hell with oil. The hell with horses. The hell with legs.
- 74LEO0
Look at Chicago and Pennsylvania. They have the most nuclear reactors in the world. Ask any "tax payer" if they have ever seen a decrease in their electric bill. If anything I'll bet they have and will this winter see an increase.
All
LIES!!!
- kona0
since bp's colossal fuckup i haven't been able to bring myself to pump gas, or buy anything from their station.
which gas station owns this one cause fukin a... there aren't many other gas stations near me that i can go to.
- Dodecahedron0
this is more profiteering. Supply is threatened prices raise, big industrial companies get cleanup contracts, oil and energy becomes an even bigger political issue and lead t. There is no partisan environmental mandate here its the same old story since oil was a billion dollar industry.
- utopian0
- What about China? 9 day traffic jam with CARS, I don't you see you complaining about that?VikingKingEleven
- detritus0
And, "Can I believe it?" Yes, I can.
This is the root of what I found disgusting and hypocritical in the American administration's response to the BP Deepwater disaster - it was merely happenstance that it was a 'foreign' company that was caught out. On any other day it could have been any of the other oil companies out there, pushing limits and flouting regulation. Limits that were pushed not merely by begrudging permission, rather actual express promotion, faciliation and endorsement. Regulations that were essentially quashed by the Minerals Management Agency - an agency specifically left-be by Obama, as appeasement to the Right.
It's almost suss how the whole thing panned out - the demi-sacrifice of a non-US interest to make a political point. I don't believe that, of course, but it does ring a bell as an idea.
- Dodecahedron0
so bliz do you just not care about slavery, the oil industry, politicians and greed or do you actually support them? Because obviously you're not hypocrite, right?
- or are you admitting you're a hypocrite? i can't tellDodecahedron
- it says 'we'bliznutty
- bliz the hypocrite, got itDodecahedron
- bliznutty0
- we wear clothes made in sweat shops and are against slavery.
- we buy and use oil products but are against the oil industry
- we are against war but elect politicians who aren't
- we buy products in a capitalist society but are against greedAll admitted hypocrites please add to this list..
All America-Bashers GFY- Again, rather than spewing pointless invective at those of us who want solutions, try proposing some yourself.Continuity
- Americans
are the core
problems!utopian - do you actually read anything i write? i'm not saying lets stop oil 100% by tomorrow. i'm saying lets be responsible with it.iCanHasQBN
- apparently you DO think in black & white. like you accused me of earlier.iCanHasQBN
- Dodecahedron0
"i sold my house 35 miles away from work so that i could have a 2 mile commute." – iCanHasQBN
how does this make any sense?
- nvrmnd i get it...i'm slow todayDodecahedron
- did i word this wrong? i had a house 35 miles away from work. i sold it for another house that was only 2mi away.iCanHasQBN
- okiCanHasQBN
- right...took me a sec ;]Dodecahedron
- callitropsis0
"Don't think we're all hypocrites. i sold my house 35 miles away from work so that i could have a 2 mile commute." – iCanHasQBN
nice. it's amazing to see people stand up and make changes in their life that will help not only themselves but others.
- the 2 hours i save every day with my new commute all goes to trolling on the QOOB!iCanHasQBN
- hate to be neg but not everybody can make those choices.. and besides jobs change every 2-3 yearsbliznutty
- CALLES0
I had a oil shake this morning to start up my day.... it was delish
- CALLES0
I had a oil shake this morning to start up my day.... it was delish
- was that before or after you pushed a homeless man in front of a bus?iCanHasQBN