States With Most Mass Transit Spending, 03/04/2009

Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. spend the most on mass transit.

"Cash For Transportation, Mass Transit Spending Per Capita", New York Times, A15, 03/04/2009.

The Best Environmental Congress Members, 2005-2006

None in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, 

California: 

Sanshez(D), 74

Schiff(D), 74

Tauscher (D), 74

Thompson(D), 74

Waters(D), 74

Pelosi(D), 74

Capps(D), 74, 

Solis(D), 74

Davis(D), 76, 

Farr(D), 76

Lofgren(D), 76

Miller(D), 76

Sherman(D), 76

Stark(D), 76

Watson(D), 76

Woolsey(D), 76

Waxman(D), 81

Colorado,

Udall, 81

Connecticut, 

DeLauro, 71

Johnson, 71

Shays, 74

Simmons, 74

Delaware,

Biden, 71

Carper, 72

Flordia, 

Davis, 73

Wexler, 76

Nelson, 79

Georgia,

Barrow, 74

Lewis, 74

Hawaii,

Case, 75

Idaho, none

Illinois,

Schakowsky, 73

Jackson, 74

Indiana

Bayh, 74,

Iowa, none

Kansas, none

Kentucky,

Chandler, 75

Louisiana, none

Maine,

Hollen, 71

Cummings, 71

Sarbanes, 71

Michaud, 71

Allen, 74

Massachusetts,

Frank, 74

McGovern, 76

Tierney, 76

Michigan, none

Minnesota,

Dayton, 71

Sabo, 73

McCollum, 76

Mississippi, none

Missouri, 

Carnahan, 73

Montana, none

Nebraska, none

Nevada

Reid, 71

Berkley, 71

New Hampshire, none

New Jersey

Lautenberg, 71

Pallone, 71

Holt, 76

New Mexico, none

New York,

Schumer, 71

Owens, 73

Slaughter, 73

Weiner, 73

Ackerman, 74

McCarthy, 74

Rangel, 74

Nadler, 74

Lowey, 74

Crowley, 76

Maloney, 76

North Carolina,

Price, 74

North Dakota, none

Ohio,

Kucinich, 76

Brown, 81

Oklahoma, none

Oregon,

Blumenauer, 71

Hooley, 76

DeFazio, 86

Pennsylvania, 

Schwartz, 79

Rhode Island

Reed, 75

South Carolina, none

South Dakota, none

Tennessee, none

Texas,

Johnson, 73

Utah, none

Vermont, none

Virginia,

Moran, 73

Washington,

Dicks, 71

Inslee, 71

Smith, 71

McDermott, 74

Larsen, 77

Baird, 79

West Virginia,

Byrd, 74

Wisconsin,

Moore, 71

Baldwin, 76

Kind, 76

Wyoming, none

[1]http://www.uscongress-enviroscore.org/scoreframes.html

Electric Car Speech

Hello, I am Mark Abell. My topic is based on a "thing" that could alleviate an incredible amount of this fine nation's problems at once. Before I reveal the identity of this marvelous item, I want to pose a question to our energetic audience members:

What if there was a means of transportation that could greatly reduce both air and noise pollution in cities, improve public health, strengthen U.S. National Security,  preserve the autonomous flow of people, goods and services that we as Americans hold dear, and reduce the cost of commuting? Such an item probably sounds too good to be true but all of these considerations are actually fulfilled in one entity that is already available for public consumption. 

This entity is the electric car. Firstly, electric cars are zero-emission vehicles, and do not contribute to air pollution, which causes asthma, like regular cars do. Secondly, electric cars are much quieter than traditional automobiles because electrical currents can travel through circuits much more quietly than  gasoline can be pumped through pistons. Thirdly, electric cars do not rely on imported oil from the Middle East.  As a consequence, electric cars do not fuel petrodictatorship that is, dictatorships in the 3rd world based on oil production. Fourthly, electric vehicles are still  personal vehicles so individuals can travel freely without being inconvenienced. And, lastly, the cost of electricity is much less than the cost of gasoline. Electricity would run about 1 cent per mile versus 25cents -75 cents a mile for gasoline, reducing the cost of commuting by leaps and bounds. 

Thank you very much and thanks for listening.

SAVE

How does the electric car meet those challenges I described? Well, firstly, unlike internal-combustion engine i.e. gasoline-powered cars which pump particulate matter into our air, and produce smog in our cities, electric cars are zero emission vehicles. This means that  these vehicles do not produce particulate matter. Thus electric vehicles do not create any smog. Now as a sidenote, I must mention, personal transportation-cars and private industry are the primary creators of pollution in our cities. If every person were to switch from a regular automobile to an electric vehicle, we could reduce air pollution in cities by half. 

SAVE

Now, the first concern that many individuals have is that electric cars are too expensive for regular people. This myth must be debunked. For instance, Zenn Motor Company of Toronto, Canada sells brand new electric vehicles for between $12,000 and $16,000[1] Ford Motor Company's 2009 Focus Sedan which receives 24-35mpg sells for between $14,995 and $17,970. 

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZENN

States With Emissions Guidelines

Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, D.C, Maryland?, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine.

Stephrn Power, Wall Street Journal, "Emissions Fight Squeezes Obama"

01/24/2009-01/25/2009

Swap Books, CDs, And Videogames At Swaptree

Don't buy things new, trade for them on swaptree. It saves you money and the earth. Reference #1 is from the Daily Green, #2 is from The Wall Street Journal, #3 is from Wired Magazine, #4 is from The Huffington Post. 

[1]http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/community-news/college-green-55100102

[2]http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121805999670918387.html

[3]http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/swaptree-wants.html

[4]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/starre-vartan/sharing-a-truly-radical-a_b_98685.html

Eco Sin, Bought a Nintendo DS

I couldn't fight it, I bought a DS. Even though Nintendo gets a 0.8 for sustainability, I can't be perfect!

A Blog Uses a Microwave's Worth Of Electricity

A Blog Uses a Microwave's Worth Of Electricity[1].

[1]http://green.msn.com/Home/Green-My-Blog/