It is too bad that there isn't more public transportation available across the country. I used to take trains and buses in Los Angeles when I was working there because I didn't want to drive. It took me a lot longer to get anywhere (which is saying something with how bad LA traffic is!) because the system wasn't set up well. But I really did feel so much better doing it -- I got to see more and be outside more and I wasn't contributing to all the pollution!

I know in the suburbs it is hard to use public transportation, especially when you have children.  There are other ways to help out though.  Car pooling is an option.  I know I try and do that with as many activities as I can. Even if it just picking up the neighbors boy or riding together to a game, every little bit helps. 

The closest town from mine is 18 miles away and thanks to a Walmart Supercenter opening it is unfortunately the only place I can get certain grocery items now. I wish so much that we had a way to get public transit across the stretch there. We have a rail line that is rarely used. The highway is straight. We get sun all the time. Seems like we could get a solar powered transit line of some sort. 

Observe the world as though you were a child and enjoy the wonder of it all.

You have to live your life.  Have you thought about carbon offsetting?  If you haven't heard of it, it is a way to help organizations combat the effects of carbon emissions.  There are many groups available, just google carbon offsetting.

We all take small steps at a time. 

I'll hold my tongue on what I think of Carbon offsets. I invest my eco-green-money directly. 

Observe the world as though you were a child and enjoy the wonder of it all.

I'll hold my tongue on what I think of Carbon offsets. I invest my eco-green-money directly. 

Observe the world as though you were a child and enjoy the wonder of it all.

I'll hold my tongue on what I think of Carbon offsets. I invest my eco-green-money directly. 

Observe the world as though you were a child and enjoy the wonder of it all.

I'll hold my tongue on what I think of Carbon offsets. I invest my eco-green-money directly. 

Observe the world as though you were a child and enjoy the wonder of it all.

Why do you have a problem with carbon offsetting? Don't you think it is better than doing nothing?

Sorry about the mulitposts. I don't know what happened or how to delete them. My problem with offsetting is a trust issue. Just like I do not send my hard earned money to far off organizations that I cannot visit to check on progress I just can't swallow sending it out to some investment company I cannot check on.

As in my other posts y'all have learned I'm a hands on kinda guy. If I feel the need to conserve I find ways of doing it myself. I don't fault anyone else for investing their money in these companies. I'm just not in a position to be sending money that could feed my kids or buy our gas to someone else that's all. 

Observe the world as though you were a child and enjoy the wonder of it all.

To each his own.  Whatever you feel comfortable with is what you should do.  That is what we are all trying to do.  Trust is a big issue and maybe one day you will want to give it a try. 

I am in favor of Mass Transit but not alot of places have it.  I am happy to report that many rural areas of Pennsylvania do have public transit because money raised in state lottery sales help to fund it but the mass transit sytems in our two largest cities Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are always cutting back on service and workers threaten to strike often because the budget is just too large for the state to support.

 

 

What is a fair way to fund Public Transportation?