5 Comments so far

1. Tim on June 30, 2008 11:45 am

   Just a scant few months ago, so many here were arguing here, and defending the sprawl…I tried to warn you. And it’s far from over. Latest projections are for $7/gallon gasoline in less than two years. Still don’t believe me? Just watch and wait.

2. Dave-o on June 30, 2008 10:39 pm

   But Kansas City’s leadership will respond swiftly by expanding public transportation.

   (ha ha ha)

3. Tim on July 2, 2008 12:09 am

   Expanding public transit is dependant on funding. I spent a year on the KCATA’s advisory board, and I tried to convince them that when the bus tax came up for renewal they should make it 1/2 cent instead of 3/8. They were skeptical that it would pass that way. Fares only fund 16% of the cost. Without additional funding sources, expansion isn’t possible. Keeping public transportation running is WAY expensive.

4. Ryan on July 2, 2008 2:59 pm

   I, for one, am thoroughly entertained by the stupid people that I work with talking about the “outrageous” cost of hydrocarbon fuel (well they don’t quite use those words…they prefer ‘gas’, a word with roots in the latin word ‘chaos’…imagine)!! They just thought they had it all figured out, living 20 miles away from their work, school, grocery store, etc. and that it would be sustainable forever. Now, they are losing their houses, (for which they way overpaid) and their “american’ quest for more money ended up creating a bubble (now bursting) that will now encircle the globe with credit shocks, market crashes and then eventually hunger, poverty and environmental disaster…BUT, at least some simpleton got to ride in an air-conditioned car for 8, all alone, back and forth to work for a while. Oh, lest I forget, it wasn’t just one simpleton driving this car for 8 (or 6, or 4, etc), all alone, they number in the millions across just this country. You can’t blame them though, they probably just listened mindlessly to their articulate leader George W. Bush who ignored the perils of our consumption until recently (if you could even call it an admission to the danger). They are the same people that believe in killing adults, torturing them, etc. but just HAVE to save a baby…probably, no doubt for some S&M/War fun when it becomes an adult, but that is another topic.

   These people should be restrained to the SUBurbs (think SUBhuman) or EXburbs (think EXpatriot) in which they live, get them some LDS dresses and let ‘em raise pigs…isn’t that the quiet, ‘get away’ life they want…no connection to the real world downtown!?

5. Tim on July 21, 2008 11:13 am

   I agree. Not planning for the post-oil era is the biggest mistake most people will make in their lives. Distant suburban homes will go down the drain in value as energy gets REALLY expensive in the next few years.