Goofy restrictions on law-abiding citizens will not deter gangbangers, thugs and criminals, nor will it change the fact that inattention with a gun, a car, or even a bucket of water can result in a tragic accident. Only education about gun safety, stiff penalties for criminals, and actually enforcing existing laws will make a dent in reducing death and injury, three things I've never heard the Moms mention. An intermediate step in fuel use is the simpler carbon chains, which yield up to two hydrogen molecules per carbon molecule, meaning the product has more water and less CO2. The Clean Coal initiative will provide us with an abundant amount of cleaner fuels than the available supply today, which is natural gas and some methanol. This is far more important than the U.S. getting off of the carbon cycle, because in two decades, our output will look puny compared to the output of the third, rising world nations who are mysteriously exempt from the Kyoto so-called treaty.
Talk is cheap, and premature action is very expensive.
Both have proliferated and been proposed during the past decade. I, for one, am not willing to commit to action that will in short shrift equip our economy with a huge ball and chain that may not save the day anyway. I would much rather do the serious research and analysis that is still needed to determine the best course of action. Unfortunately, I was not surprised to read that our mayor, Will Toor, has proposed yet another impractical and unrealistic transportation alternative. And yet, I predict not a single corresponding roadway will be expanded as part of the project.