I recommend that we convert our city vehicles to natural gas engines now. Las Vegas uses them. It doesn't matter whether we attack or not. Sooner or later we will be in another "oil shortage" predicament.
BMW and a few other forward thinking companies are working on engines which burn pure hydrogen. Very efficient, water-steam is the only by-product. Of course, it would melt a normal engine but I think they've overcome that problem. I would also recommend that the city improve it's bicycle (and even motorcycle) friendliness. (Which includes better bike lanes, bicycle lockers and public locker rooms so we can shower and change.) Those of us that can ride bikes, should ride bikes. We should be working at every level of government to reduce our dependece on oil. (Not just foreign oil, ALL oil). We can do this without severe sacrifices if we start NOW rather than waiting until the last minute. On Friday, August 9, 2002, at 09:01 AM, ken avidor wrote: > What plans does this city have in the event of an oil shortage?...nearly > all the transport in this city runs on petroleum-police cars, fire > trucks, MTC Buses, school buses etc. Robert Schmid Central Neighborhood Candidate for Hennepin Soil & Water Board, District 2 Green Party Endorsed _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
