Comments on: What If Over-Consumption Became An Oil Issue? http://www.psfk.com/2007/01/what_if_overcon.html Ideas & Trends Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:14:19 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Floyd Hayes http://www.psfk.com/2007/01/what_if_overcon.html/comment-page-1#comment-701 Floyd Hayes Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-701 <p>Be interesting to see if the money saved from bad health and car crashed would be better for the economy than eating cheese-in-a-can or driving a block to the deli.</p> <p>Also, there should be onus on the big companies to make stuff last longer. </p> <p>My gran bought a washing machine in 1962 and it ran until the mid-eighties! </p> <p>Now you'd be lucky if it lasted 5 years - I'd rather get rid of built in obscelence than have bluetooth enabled washers or oled dashboards etc...</p> Be interesting to see if the money saved from bad health and car crashed would be better for the economy than eating cheese-in-a-can or driving a block to the deli.

Also, there should be onus on the big companies to make stuff last longer.

My gran bought a washing machine in 1962 and it ran until the mid-eighties!

Now you’d be lucky if it lasted 5 years – I’d rather get rid of built in obscelence than have bluetooth enabled washers or oled dashboards etc…

]]> By: ross http://www.psfk.com/2007/01/what_if_overcon.html/comment-page-1#comment-702 ross Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702 <p>What would really be interesting is that if reduced oil consumption could lead americans to be healthier and fitter. Using less oil, could lead to increased physical activity, leaving Americans slimmer, healthier, greener, and wealthier.</p> What would really be interesting is that if reduced oil consumption could lead americans to be healthier and fitter. Using less oil, could lead to increased physical activity, leaving Americans slimmer, healthier, greener, and wealthier.

]]> By: ross http://www.psfk.com/2007/01/what_if_overcon.html/comment-page-1#comment-703 ross Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703 <p>What would really be interesting is that if reduced oil consumption could lead americans to be healthier and fitter. Using less oil, could lead to increased physical activity, leaving Americans slimmer, healthier, greener, and wealthier.</p> What would really be interesting is that if reduced oil consumption could lead americans to be healthier and fitter. Using less oil, could lead to increased physical activity, leaving Americans slimmer, healthier, greener, and wealthier.

]]> By: John V http://www.psfk.com/2007/01/what_if_overcon.html/comment-page-1#comment-704 John V Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-704 <p>A lot of it has to do with the built environment, which will take a long time to change.</p> <p>The 20th century has seen the rise of deliberately single-purpose zoning, separating residential areas by miles from commercial areas. This is very much contrary to the way humans lived, where everything in daily life had to be walkable.</p> <p>This means you can no longer pop down the corner for your pint of milk, but have to get into the SUV (ok, "Chelsea tractor") and drive several miles to get it. This reduces walking, increases petroleum consumption and removes the constraint of "Oh, I'd better only buy what I can carry". </p> <p>Compare to some of the northern Europeans, who do a much greater percentage of their daily trips on bicycle, foot or public transport. </p> <p>Including shopping.</p> A lot of it has to do with the built environment, which will take a long time to change.

The 20th century has seen the rise of deliberately single-purpose zoning, separating residential areas by miles from commercial areas. This is very much contrary to the way humans lived, where everything in daily life had to be walkable.

This means you can no longer pop down the corner for your pint of milk, but have to get into the SUV (ok, “Chelsea tractor”) and drive several miles to get it. This reduces walking, increases petroleum consumption and removes the constraint of “Oh, I’d better only buy what I can carry”.

Compare to some of the northern Europeans, who do a much greater percentage of their daily trips on bicycle, foot or public transport.

Including shopping.

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