On Monday, August 22, 2011 11:49:33 PM UTC-4, LilAbner wrote:
On 8/22/2011 11:23 PM, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:

I like to see PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY because if you don't save the planet nobody else will.
Riding a bike won't save the planet. I suggest a factual science course.
Global Warming is a fact the same as global cooling. Man is having an
impact but so is all life on the planet. The problem is not cars it is
us and cattle, and everything else Get rid of us, cattle, giraffs and
pine trees and ou still have volcanoes, and oceans and the sun. CO2 is
not a pollutant. Without CO2 there would be no life.
Revert humans to cave dwelling, fire and grazing and you still have
pollution.

Let the facts do the talking:

Introduction

It is possible that no invention has had as profound an effect on society as the passenger automobile. It did not take long after its introduction in the early part of this century for the auto to quickly become the primary means of transportation in the United States, where there are now 752 motor vehicles for every 1,000 people (World Almanac 211). While no other country can match the excessive automobile use of the U.S, it's not for lack of trying. Even in China, where the use of bicycles by its citizens is legendary, the number of cars has been doubling every five years for the past 30 years...

Pollution: General

Pollution by cars causes lung cancer, respiratory problems, urban smog, and acid rain (Brown 25). By 1970, after decades without government regulation, air quality had become a serious problem. The first federal Clean Air Act was passed during the Nixon Administration to curtail the ever-increasing amount of pollution caused by automobiles and industry, and Congress passed an updated version in 1990 (WRI 182). However, the Clean Air Act didn't prohibit pollution; it simply defined an "acceptable" amount. Further, the legislation addressed only certain airborne contaminants, while ignoring others. Perhaps most significantly, although bad air was outlawed, it still exists. More than half of the people in the U.S. live in areas that failed to meet federal air quality standards at least several days a year (30 Simple Energy Things You Can Do to Save the Earth, hereafter "30 Simple Things," 11), and around 80 million Americans live in areas that continually fail to meet these standards (WRI 63). Despite the Clean Air Acts, the reality is that air pollution continues to be a major public health problem.

http://bicycleuniverse.info/cars/pollutionpaper.html

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In other words, when you drive unnecessarily YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.

The elderly for the most part have no rush and enjoy different transportation schemes from hospitals and Medicare. And they have no dates anymore, so let them enjoy life slowly and pass something good to future generations. Actually it could be argued that their voting is very harmful.