Comments on: TWTC: Al Gore and More Thoughts on Walkability http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/30/al-gore-and-more-thoughts-on-walkability/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Becky Striepe http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/30/al-gore-and-more-thoughts-on-walkability/comment-page-1/#comment-42387 Becky Striepe Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:10:05 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1708#comment-42387 Jon - Dang! I need to take a look at my walking math. I should have thought to consult with you...walking is definitely one of you areas of expertise! Rhonda - I didn't mention this in the post, but there were protesters outside of the synagogue when we left. Three of them with signs about how Al Gore is a liar and climate change isn't real. I was sort of heartened that the pathetic protester turnout. Jon – Dang! I need to take a look at my walking math. I should have thought to consult with you…walking is definitely one of you areas of expertise!

Rhonda – I didn’t mention this in the post, but there were protesters outside of the synagogue when we left. Three of them with signs about how Al Gore is a liar and climate change isn’t real. I was sort of heartened that the pathetic protester turnout.

]]> By: rhonda winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/30/al-gore-and-more-thoughts-on-walkability/comment-page-1/#comment-42235 rhonda winter Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:54:59 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1708#comment-42235 I wish that I had been with you to see Al Gore speak last week; he is so very inspiring. It is difficult to believe that there are still a handful of obdurant morons out there claiming that climate change is not real. They will probably still be spouting their ignorant contrived vitriol when our increasingly acidic seas engulf our planet. I wish that I had been with you to see Al Gore speak last week; he is so very inspiring. It is difficult to believe that there are still a handful of obdurant morons out there claiming that climate change is not real. They will probably still be spouting their ignorant contrived vitriol when our increasingly acidic seas engulf our planet.

]]> By: Jon Beckham http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/30/al-gore-and-more-thoughts-on-walkability/comment-page-1/#comment-42196 Jon Beckham Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:49:47 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1708#comment-42196 You know, I just looked up how long it would take me to walk from my apartment to the pick-up for a bus-driven ski trip I'm plotting for this upcoming Sunday... and google maps said it'd take me 44 minutes to walk 2.3 miles. (That's 3.1mph) I like to think I've done my share of walking, and a pace over 3mph just isn't reasonable for most people. If you're banking on going over 2mph (or 2.5mph if you've got long legs) then you'll need to hustle. So other than the "a mile only takes 10 minutes", great post! Though more to the point... a mile does feel like it takes 10 minutes if you don't need to be at your destination in 10 minutes. It's a much nicer way to cover that distance than mucking around with a car and a bunch of other idiots in their urban tanks. So long, stress! You know, I just looked up how long it would take me to walk from my apartment to the pick-up for a bus-driven ski trip I’m plotting for this upcoming Sunday… and google maps said it’d take me 44 minutes to walk 2.3 miles. (That’s 3.1mph) I like to think I’ve done my share of walking, and a pace over 3mph just isn’t reasonable for most people. If you’re banking on going over 2mph (or 2.5mph if you’ve got long legs) then you’ll need to hustle.

So other than the “a mile only takes 10 minutes”, great post!

Though more to the point… a mile does feel like it takes 10 minutes if you don’t need to be at your destination in 10 minutes. It’s a much nicer way to cover that distance than mucking around with a car and a bunch of other idiots in their urban tanks. So long, stress!

]]> By: Sane http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/30/al-gore-and-more-thoughts-on-walkability/comment-page-1/#comment-42172 Sane Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:12:54 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1708#comment-42172 Funny how if anyone online mentions Al Gore; trolls arrive on cue to promote their denier email hack, as if... GASP! it proves something. It must be a few weeks to Copenhagen. But the data remains unchanged, as does the science worldwide: NASA http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/ Funny how if anyone online mentions Al Gore; trolls arrive on cue to promote their denier email hack, as if… GASP! it proves something. It must be a few weeks to Copenhagen.

But the data remains unchanged, as does the science worldwide: NASA
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/

]]> By: zach http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/30/al-gore-and-more-thoughts-on-walkability/comment-page-1/#comment-42151 zach Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:39:34 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1708#comment-42151 great piece, Becky! thanks great piece, Becky!

thanks

]]> By: Al Goreleone http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/30/al-gore-and-more-thoughts-on-walkability/comment-page-1/#comment-42109 Al Goreleone Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:55:55 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1708#comment-42109 Remember when I lied about inventing the internet?? Well, sorry to fool you again, but I lied about all this AGW stuff, too!! LOL!!! http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17364 http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=513436 http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/crus_source_code_climategate_r.html Remember when I lied about inventing the internet?? Well, sorry to fool you again, but I lied about all this AGW stuff, too!! LOL!!!

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17364

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=513436

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/crus_source_code_climategate_r.html

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