You have to get the ball rolling against inertia somehow.
The investments in the current infrastructure both material and organisational are tremendous. Frankly, the farmers could use it and so could the drivers of SUVs. Lashof, a car expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said, "The horsepower wars have really gotten out of control in the last few years. No plan to enforce more efficient housing standards. If people were wondering why the elections occurred the way they did, I think this article hits the nail squarely on the head. Politicians of both parties are mostly opportunists.
It would also be easier to get a hold of the raw data from Marist and see how even those numbers were crunched by CGR. No plan to change the freight mix away from trucks to rail. Yes, but quite often there is a solution which is regulated by the government, but also allows individuals to have more control. Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. Doesn't sound like peak oil, just oil company price gouging. But this recounting doesn't quite get me to what I mean. The broke the control of the East Coast Hamiltonians and Federalists.