{"id":1149,"date":"2005-05-08T21:38:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-08T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/05\/08\/a-progressive-response-to-the-price-of-gas\/"},"modified":"2005-05-08T21:38:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-08T21:38:00","slug":"a-progressive-response-to-the-price-of-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/a-progressive-response-to-the-price-of-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Progressive Response to the Price of Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ezra Klein has posted<\/a> an overview of and response to the Center for American Progress’ “A Progressive Response to High Oil and Gasoline Prices.”<\/a> There are some innovative ideas here (such as the low-income scrap-and-rebate program), and the CAP plan addresses both short- and long-term solutions, but I find myself a bit underwhelmed in the sense that their ideas never question our love affair with the automobile. Maybe I’m a dreamer, but what about investment in reliable mass transportation? If I could count on Amtrak, for instance, I wouldn’t be in a predicament over my job which takes me away from my family for a good part of the week — I could ride the train back and forth every day, and get some things accomplished during my commute. I know we’re not going to break Americans of their short-sightedness over transportation overnight, but those of us on the progressive side have nothing to lose by thinking a little more radically.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: transportation<\/a>, gas prices<\/a>, progressive<\/a><\/p>\n