Copenhagen's green sheen: it's not just about the bikes

I won't lease or own a car either unless it's an all electric vehicle such as
the Tesla, or perhaps the BMW Mini Cooper. The Nissan Leaf is OK, but
they want an arm & a leg for the home charging adapter. And the cruising
range on a full charge is only 100 miles while the top of the line Tesla is 300
miles cruising range. The Tesla is very expensive because it's closer to a
custom car than a mass produced car. The Tesla's like the evolution of the
VW in Germany, and the SAAB in Sweden ( my fave since I owned SAAB 96s
which were such great vehicles I could do stunts in them that would impress
even a Hollywood stunt driver ) Once the nano tech energy absorption
sheets S.Korean scientists designed that wouldn't fracture 2 years ago
become conventional in lithium ion rechargable batteries, we'll start to
see great strides in the production of electric cars since the cruising range
will increase dramaticly by a factor of 10 times what it is now. I'd like to see
a competition rally where electric cars start out on the East coast, drive
clear across the country, and arrive on the West coast on only one charge.

So long as the Big Oil Monopoly continues to buy Congress & the White
House as they would any other commodity, progress will be slow, and we'll
likely see the Chinese/Japanese collaboration produce them cheaply for
Americans to consume. I've already seen the HDNet channel feature one
of the all electric race cars which is nothing less than astounding to watch
it driven. The EV1 in 1997 California would have succeeded but for GM's
being a puppet for Big Oil to dangle their strings. You are so correct in
claiming we can do so much better. Americans aren't even half trying. Since
Vietnam we've lived in a perpetual war without end culture for so long that
the mendacity level is disgusting. When I see commercials touting the
" Chevy Revolution " I switch the channel to avoid the deceit. All the USA's
major auto manufacturers have had access to fuel efficient tech since the
1930s. It's Big Oil that's controlled them since Theodore Roosevelt was
in the White House.

I'll make sure to look that up. Love this area of the world. Thank you.

It is! I agree 100%

sorry that you think that way
I know we can take the challenge and accomplish it!.
only when we listen to our foes we can fail
as long as money talk it will lie to you
money is your servant
only smooth talking con artist can make you a slave to fear and shame

Only if you're poor. As the Chinese philosopher Confucious pointed out:
" In any country well managed, chronic poverty is something all citizens
of conscience should be ashamed of , but in any country poorly managed
excessive wealth is something citizens of conscience should be ashamed
of " As you know, here in the USA we have the best ( or worst ) of both
worlds depending on how you look at it. But it's not like the USA is on the
bottom of the list of all the world's countries where it's citizens experience
growing discontent. We are somewhere circa the middle. Looking on the
positive side, it's a wondrous opportunity for a peaceful, bloodless, orderly
revolution to occur as in the Occupy protest movement we started back
in the latter 1960s when we marched against the Vietnam War & occupied
the administration buildings of college campuses. Yeah, Tricky Dick Nixon
and the Flunkie Bureau of Nazis declared war on us for it. But considering
the source, it's a distinction any man of conscience regards as a badge of
honor, since we put out money where out mouth is. And proved what we're
realy made of. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, not embarassment.

I've followed the inspirational quotes of people of all walks of life, everywhere
in the world, throughout recorded History. And all of them from Thesius, to
Seneca, to Franklin Delanore Roosevelt all same thing. Our Russian friends
have a saying worth repeating: " In the kingdom of Hope, there is no Winter "
Pays to walk on the Sunny side of the street as long as one always has a
solid grip on reality. The world wasn't meant to be a Utopia.

"The world wasn't meant to be a Utopia.",
but it could damn-near be. It's people that make things the way they are. It's not "nature", or "the author of evil" who makes things the way they are, but people. Things could be so close to utopia that you really wouldn't care that it's not some mythical "absolute" perfection. A world where people had good clean air, healthy pure food/water, healthcare, education, shelter, safety.

Thank you for your beautiful comment. I feel the exact same way. I apologize
if I conveyed the wrong impression to you without meaning to. But as I see it
evoked such a wonderful response, I'm glad I chose my words as I did. As a
species, humans have rarely lived in Peace with Nature or one another. Instead
the primitive drive to conquer and vanquish anything that gets in our path has
sadly prevailed. We Bhuddists have a meditation we use to express being one
with Nature: " Those who realize enough is enough will always have enough "
Ie it's better to be content with having all the essentials you mentioned because
that should be utopia enough to suit everyone. The Earth started out for humans
as a Utopia precisely because there was clean water, air, enough pure food.
It's become a dystopia only because too many have accepted the hypocrisy
and the non adherence to the Golden Rule. Thanks again for asserting yourself.
Your view of the truth as things should be hasn't fallen on deaf ears.