Comments on: Cabs Go Cool… and Green http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:28:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Elizabeth Tue, 20 May 2008 16:09:31 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=19#comment-120 I recently saw a green cab in DC! Hopefully there will be more in coming months. I recently saw a green cab in DC! Hopefully there will be more in coming months.

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]]> By: Elizabeth http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-1645 Elizabeth Tue, 20 May 2008 08:09:31 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=19#comment-1645 I recently saw a green cab in DC! Hopefully there will be more in coming months. I recently saw a green cab in DC! Hopefully there will be more in coming months.

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]]> By: Eva http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Eva Fri, 16 May 2008 12:52:56 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=19#comment-101 I'm all about reducing our dependence on cars - no one in my immediate family even owned one from around 1990 to 1997 or so, which is nice, although I can't say I enjoyed walking a few kms to hockey practice with all my gear - but like the planes, Tim, I can't see getting rid of them entirely. For one thing, we're always going to need ambulances, school buses, fire trucks and police vehicles - which means we're always going to need reasonably well-maintained roads for them to travel along. (Which means we're always going to need dump trucks, cement mixers, construction vehicles...) And even in the cities that are most well-served by public transit, taxis are a huge part of the equation. Urban areas can (and should) go a long way to reducing car culture, but the simple fact is that in the country, cars are a lifeline. And how about tractors and other engine-powered large-scale farming equipment? Finding ways to make engines burn cleaner and do less damage seems like just about the only way forward to me - doing away with the internal combustion engine entirely gives me visions of women dying in childbirth in their homes and near-slaves working in the fields, because low-cost labor is the only way to turn a profit on a manually-harvested crop. Unless I am missing something huge here? I’m all about reducing our dependence on cars – no one in my immediate family even owned one from around 1990 to 1997 or so, which is nice, although I can’t say I enjoyed walking a few kms to hockey practice with all my gear – but like the planes, Tim, I can’t see getting rid of them entirely.

For one thing, we’re always going to need ambulances, school buses, fire trucks and police vehicles – which means we’re always going to need reasonably well-maintained roads for them to travel along. (Which means we’re always going to need dump trucks, cement mixers, construction vehicles…) And even in the cities that are most well-served by public transit, taxis are a huge part of the equation.

Urban areas can (and should) go a long way to reducing car culture, but the simple fact is that in the country, cars are a lifeline. And how about tractors and other engine-powered large-scale farming equipment?

Finding ways to make engines burn cleaner and do less damage seems like just about the only way forward to me – doing away with the internal combustion engine entirely gives me visions of women dying in childbirth in their homes and near-slaves working in the fields, because low-cost labor is the only way to turn a profit on a manually-harvested crop. Unless I am missing something huge here?

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]]> By: Eva http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-1644 Eva Fri, 16 May 2008 04:52:56 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=19#comment-1644 I'm all about reducing our dependence on cars - no one in my immediate family even owned one from around 1990 to 1997 or so, which is nice, although I can't say I enjoyed walking a few kms to hockey practice with all my gear - but like the planes, Tim, I can't see getting rid of them entirely. <br /><br /> For one thing, we're always going to need ambulances, school buses, fire trucks and police vehicles - which means we're always going to need reasonably well-maintained roads for them to travel along. (Which means we're always going to need dump trucks, cement mixers, construction vehicles...) And even in the cities that are most well-served by public transit, taxis are a huge part of the equation.<br /><br /> Urban areas can (and should) go a long way to reducing car culture, but the simple fact is that in the country, cars are a lifeline. And how about tractors and other engine-powered large-scale farming equipment?<br /><br /> Finding ways to make engines burn cleaner and do less damage seems like just about the only way forward to me - doing away with the internal combustion engine entirely gives me visions of women dying in childbirth in their homes and near-slaves working in the fields, because low-cost labor is the only way to turn a profit on a manually-harvested crop. Unless I am missing something huge here? I'm all about reducing our dependence on cars – no one in my immediate family even owned one from around 1990 to 1997 or so, which is nice, although I can't say I enjoyed walking a few kms to hockey practice with all my gear – but like the planes, Tim, I can't see getting rid of them entirely.

For one thing, we're always going to need ambulances, school buses, fire trucks and police vehicles – which means we're always going to need reasonably well-maintained roads for them to travel along. (Which means we're always going to need dump trucks, cement mixers, construction vehicles…) And even in the cities that are most well-served by public transit, taxis are a huge part of the equation.

Urban areas can (and should) go a long way to reducing car culture, but the simple fact is that in the country, cars are a lifeline. And how about tractors and other engine-powered large-scale farming equipment?

Finding ways to make engines burn cleaner and do less damage seems like just about the only way forward to me – doing away with the internal combustion engine entirely gives me visions of women dying in childbirth in their homes and near-slaves working in the fields, because low-cost labor is the only way to turn a profit on a manually-harvested crop. Unless I am missing something huge here?

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]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Tim Patterson Fri, 16 May 2008 04:23:11 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=19#comment-100 Wow. That's awesome guys. Although I still think that the most important thing we can do is to learn to live without cars, not develop new ones that run on alternative fuels - there is no such thing as an environmentally friendly car and probably never will be. Wow. That’s awesome guys. Although I still think that the most important thing we can do is to learn to live without cars, not develop new ones that run on alternative fuels – there is no such thing as an environmentally friendly car and probably never will be.

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]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Tim Patterson Thu, 15 May 2008 20:23:11 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=19#comment-1643 Wow. That's awesome guys. Although I still think that the most important thing we can do is to learn to live without cars, not develop new ones that run on alternative fuels - there is no such thing as an environmentally friendly car and probably never will be. Wow. That's awesome guys. Although I still think that the most important thing we can do is to learn to live without cars, not develop new ones that run on alternative fuels – there is no such thing as an environmentally friendly car and probably never will be.

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]]> By: Julie http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Julie Thu, 15 May 2008 18:13:37 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=19#comment-92 I rented a hybrid recently and after about 10 minutes spent trying to figure out how to turn the car on (it's keyless), I realized it WAS on... you're right; it's quiet. I rented a hybrid recently and after about 10 minutes spent trying to figure out how to turn the car on (it’s keyless), I realized it WAS on… you’re right; it’s quiet.

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]]> By: Julie http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-1642 Julie Thu, 15 May 2008 10:13:37 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=19#comment-1642 I rented a hybrid recently and after about 10 minutes spent trying to figure out how to turn the car on (it's keyless), I realized it WAS on... you're right; it's quiet. I rented a hybrid recently and after about 10 minutes spent trying to figure out how to turn the car on (it's keyless), I realized it WAS on… you're right; it's quiet.

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]]> By: ian http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-39 ian Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:35 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=19#comment-39 The first time I rode in a hybrid taxi, I couldn't even believe it was running - so quiet! It's great to see big cities adopting these green changes, but isn't a surprise, considering NYC is already a beacon of green living (by necessity). Take that LA! The first time I rode in a hybrid taxi, I couldn’t even believe it was running – so quiet! It’s great to see big cities adopting these green changes, but isn’t a surprise, considering NYC is already a beacon of green living (by necessity). Take that LA!

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]]> By: ian http://matadorpulse.com/cabs-go-cool-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 ian Thu, 08 May 2008 19:14:35 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=19#comment-1641 The first time I rode in a hybrid taxi, I couldn't even believe it was running - so quiet! It's great to see big cities adopting these green changes, but isn't a surprise, considering NYC is already a beacon of green living (by necessity). Take that LA! The first time I rode in a hybrid taxi, I couldn't even believe it was running – so quiet! It's great to see big cities adopting these green changes, but isn't a surprise, considering NYC is already a beacon of green living (by necessity). Take that LA!

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