tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post677682572096311400..comments2023-12-23T13:25:43.770-08:00Comments on Rob Kremer: Here it comes - the Carbon TaxRob Kremerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842508120324878364noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-83053940856006048842007-11-11T14:56:00.000-08:002007-11-11T14:56:00.000-08:00Portland auto dealers shouldn't be allowed to sell...Portland auto dealers shouldn't be allowed to sell new or used cars unless at least of third of those sold are powered by LNG.<BR/><BR/>This will have a nearly immediate impact on the number or cars on the road.<BR/><BR/>And will help the conversion of Portland from a greed-based to earth-friendly place to live.<BR/><BR/>Until we remove cars from the hands of all people, only selfish people will have cars. People don't cause Global Warming, criminals do. You can't hug your kids with a Chrysler. Until we outlaw cars, only outlaws will have cars?<BR/><BR/>I'll continue working on the battle cry.OregonGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096619871119860938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-7162676371210440332007-11-09T08:43:00.000-08:002007-11-09T08:43:00.000-08:00Harm the poor is right.I just learned this morning...Harm the poor is right.<BR/><BR/>I just learned this morning that Saltzman's Bureau of Sustainable Development was at one point contemplating an ordinance to ban the sale of used appliances. Their thought was that older appliances are not energy efficient.<BR/><BR/>They did not consider the fact that every poor family in town relies on used and older appliances.<BR/><BR/>Dave ListerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-70334017266070883092007-11-08T19:47:00.000-08:002007-11-08T19:47:00.000-08:00Ya know ... gotta say I love the blog... simple an...Ya know ... gotta say I love the blog... simple and to the point and on top of that your writing is excellent.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately I disagree.<BR/><BR/>I think these are the kind of 'bold' moves that will make this city better.<BR/><BR/>Portland is progressive in nature and has spearheaded many things like this which have come to make it an example to many cities. Cities are aspiring to function as well as Portland does.<BR/><BR/>You are stuck in a small-minded box which is seeing the here and now.<BR/><BR/>Many things Portland officials did in the 60s-70s with efforts for things like this with biking and sustainability and pubic transit are benefiting us today greatly. <BR/><BR/>You cant understand why this is good because you are stuck in one dimension when the people whose asses are on the line are trying to think of the 3 dimensions there actually are.<BR/><BR/>But I am a realist in the real-world and I know there will be negative nancies like you along for the entire ride.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588848299629540283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-6711043654406873972007-11-08T17:10:00.000-08:002007-11-08T17:10:00.000-08:00I am sooooo glad I'm retiring in about 24 months a...I am sooooo glad I'm retiring in about 24 months and leaving this looney bin they call Portland. One ahs to wonder if the inmates are running the asylum in Portland. Nearly every day I see some act of civic stupidity or new, non-vital expense put into play by the morons on the City Council. One has to wonder when the voters will rise up and throw all these sorry excuses for human beings from the bus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-90830958072343336552007-11-08T15:54:00.000-08:002007-11-08T15:54:00.000-08:00I used to call him "Clueless Dan, the Water Man" (...I used to call him "Clueless Dan, the Water Man" (back when he had the water bureau).<BR/><BR/>Now he can be "Clueless Dan, the Carbon Man".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-16282779729535868482007-11-08T11:08:00.000-08:002007-11-08T11:08:00.000-08:00Looking at the future in Portland I see: A great c...Looking at the future in Portland I see: A great city of course, rich with things to do and see and excitement. But for the majority who live in the City life will be difficult and expensive. If they don't make a lot of money their life will be very small. Tiny, perhaps shared housing and lots of time spent on buses and streetcars because they can't afford a car. And the streets at increasingly for every purpose except cars. I know that I need to move out very soon, and then just visit now and then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com