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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:16 PM Original message |
Have you noticed people driving less since the oil spill? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. more people won't look you in the eye, though |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Do I have to bike to work the whole month? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. 5x in May is the minimum effort required to participate |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Cool, I'll be done when I get home from work tomorrow |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I have a bike |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. Awesome, I'm already winning. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. How could they drive less? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. They could decide not to use a car for short trips |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. That's nice if you live in a bike-friendly area |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. How do you know if you're not willing to try? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Well, check out Rockland County, NY |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Were the Wright Brothers deterred by "No one else is flying"? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I guess I don't have the spirit of the Wright brothers |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. So, are YOU going to be the one to scrape his body off the pavement, and explain |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. He stated his opinion, I stated mine |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You stated no opinon. YOU are dumping your anger on people where it doesn't belong. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. If my mood ever improves, how will you will know? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 05:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
36. YOUR neighborhood looks nothing like mine. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Maybe, but the world revolves around me |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. True, but |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yeah, hauling milk, a dozen eggs and a bag of cat litter onto a bus |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Train the cat to poop outside |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I live on the third floor of an apartment building |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Not all in the same trip certainly. I shop more often now that I am car-free. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. That sounds terribly inefficient to me |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Well, you probably have a car. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. You don't have to buy four or five bags of groceries at once |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Let's see |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Obviously, it only applies if you have a choice |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. If I am going to take the bus home from the grocery store, I don't DO a big buy. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. We will drive less when gas hits $4/gallon |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Is money the only thing that motivates people? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. This is the USA. Money is almost everyone's prime motivator. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Yep, pretty much. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. No. Californians will drive less when there simply isn't any gas available. |
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katmondoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Also still lots of oversized vehicles on the road |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Out here near the end of the road |
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jxnmsdemguy65 (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've curtailed my driving... |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. My area |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. No, and I haven't noticed... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yup. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. So if you can't do everything, do nothing |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Well, if one is going to try and make people feel guilty |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. This thread is not about guilt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
43. How on earth could you quantify it if they WERE? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Simple observations |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
44. dupe |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
45. I'm driving less because of the price of gas |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
49. Once the slick causes the oil imports to slow, sending gas prices |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
50. I'll make up for all you slackers out there. |
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