the environmental movement and the role of government

[doug]

Best line ever:

Conan was asked, 'What is best in life?' He answered, 'To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women.'

 

[SByer]

That's our ex-Governator! Kind of make you wish the predictions in Demolition Man had at least partly come true...

 

[vfx]

I like what he's saying of course but does he still drive five Hummers?

 

[bobw]

Surely not all at the same time...

 

[vfx]

Of course.


And don't call me Shirley.

 

[dpeilow]

Didn't he get one converted to hydrogen by GM? Perhaps he could pay Tesla to do a conversion. Or Gadget.

 

[vfx]

Didn't he get one converted to hydrogen by GM? Perhaps he could pay Tesla to do a conversion. Or Gadget.

As I remember there was a big event where the H2 Hummer was announced-presented and Arnold was there.
Then he got in his own Hummer and drove away.

 

[Norbert]

I don't know if Arnold changed in that regard, but sometimes people change to the degree that their past becomes somewhat irrelevant. Arnold might be someone climate skeptics listen to (in so far as they listen to anything that doesn't rhyme with their stubbornly held notions).

 

[vfx]

I don't know if Arnold changed in that regard, but sometimes people change to the degree that their past becomes somewhat irrelevant. Arnold might be someone climate skeptics listen to (in so far as they listen to anything that doesn't rhyme with their stubbornly held notions).

I am open to any changes he has made.
His super macho muscle building old boys womanizing club giant cigar biggest-car-possible-made-just-for-him image is long crafted.
I also see that his democratic wife and poles showing what California voters want has influenced him over time. If he has moved over the the light side then he may persuade others still rooted in in his past.

 

[dpeilow]

Google Recruits Scientists to Use New Media to Tackle Climate Skeptics : TreeHugger

 

[dpeilow]

BBC News - EU wants no petrol or diesel cars in cities by 2050

Watch the Daily Wail and the Express now link us to interfering, meddling Eurocrats...

 

[TEG]

CARB To Bump ZEV Mandate, Automakers Fight Back | The Truth About Cars

 

[Lloyd]

Governments move to stifle ownership of personal vehicles in EU

 

[Nik]

Governments move to stifle ownership of personal vehicles in EU

This piece is about how some cities, mainly Zurich, are giving priority to pedestrians and public transport. Once example is that trams can change the traffic lights in their favour as they approach them, and congestion charging is mentioned. It's not about preventing anyone from owning a vehicle.

 

[TEG]

Biden calls for new clean energy policy for US - Yahoo! News

...Biden said the future will demand cities that produce all the energy they consume; battery-powered cars able to travel great distances and bacteria that converts sunlight directly into fuel, among other innovations...