Comments on: Of Pedicabs and the Environment http://jeffcutler.com/jeff/2010/07/of-pedicabs-and-the-environment/ Content Specialist, Social Media Journalist Tue, 15 May 2012 09:41:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Environmental Change Starts with Economic Change http://jeffcutler.com/jeff/2010/07/of-pedicabs-and-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-3233 Environmental Change Starts with Economic Change Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:09:20 +0000 http://jeffcutler.com/jeff/?p=1140#comment-3233 [...] up a fascinating post about the oil cleanup in the Gulf and how it’s made him reconsider the government’s role in keeping our environment clean. To sum up, Jeff’s been tasked with journaling the experiences and events going on down in [...] [...] up a fascinating post about the oil cleanup in the Gulf and how it’s made him reconsider the government’s role in keeping our environment clean. To sum up, Jeff’s been tasked with journaling the experiences and events going on down in [...]

]]> By: Adam Pieniazek http://jeffcutler.com/jeff/2010/07/of-pedicabs-and-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-3232 Adam Pieniazek Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:57:00 +0000 http://jeffcutler.com/jeff/?p=1140#comment-3232 Jeff, you've hit the nail on the head on some points, but on others there's another layer or two of issues beyond just the government that you missed/avoided. At the core, the environmental problem is an economic problem. We're simply not allocating limited resources efficiently. Note the use of we there, it's not a government problem or a business problem or a people problem, it's all of them. It's systemic and the only way to fix it is to realize that our system for living on this planet is flawed, from the core. The real problem is we've all been taught to always look out for me instead of us. People don't ride pedicabs because they're slower and more expensive though better for all of us. Non-scooter people don't do anything because scooter people have a much larger stake and thus take more action to get what they want though scooters taking up a whole spot is worse for all of us. No politician wants to close off the center of Boston even though it would improve the quality of life for everyone because it would be immensely unpopular in the short-term. If it doesn't help me, I'm not doing it is our group mentality and that simply doesn't work. I'm not a uber-environmentalist but I am a huge economics geek and that's what irritates me to no end. Our system for living on this planet is simply not economical. We have limited resources and we have science to help make use of those limited resources a lot more efficiently but in the short term it doesn't help me so no one does it. The system as a whole is fracked and the only way to fix it is to start from scratch. We need a permanent solution, not a band-aid and until WE realize that, we're fracked. .-= Adam Pieniazek´s last blog ..<a href="http://adamp.com/blog/yes-a-new-theme/#comment-70970" rel="nofollow">Comment on Yes- A New Theme! by Adam Pieniazek</a> =-. Jeff, you’ve hit the nail on the head on some points, but on others there’s another layer or two of issues beyond just the government that you missed/avoided.

At the core, the environmental problem is an economic problem. We’re simply not allocating limited resources efficiently. Note the use of we there, it’s not a government problem or a business problem or a people problem, it’s all of them. It’s systemic and the only way to fix it is to realize that our system for living on this planet is flawed, from the core.

The real problem is we’ve all been taught to always look out for me instead of us. People don’t ride pedicabs because they’re slower and more expensive though better for all of us. Non-scooter people don’t do anything because scooter people have a much larger stake and thus take more action to get what they want though scooters taking up a whole spot is worse for all of us. No politician wants to close off the center of Boston even though it would improve the quality of life for everyone because it would be immensely unpopular in the short-term.

If it doesn’t help me, I’m not doing it is our group mentality and that simply doesn’t work.

I’m not a uber-environmentalist but I am a huge economics geek and that’s what irritates me to no end. Our system for living on this planet is simply not economical. We have limited resources and we have science to help make use of those limited resources a lot more efficiently but in the short term it doesn’t help me so no one does it.

The system as a whole is fracked and the only way to fix it is to start from scratch. We need a permanent solution, not a band-aid and until WE realize that, we’re fracked.
.-= Adam Pieniazek´s last blog ..Comment on Yes- A New Theme! by Adam Pieniazek =-.

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