The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure

Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by grillvogel on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @05:26PM (#14456065)

well by choosing to drive yourself to work every day in a wasteful petroleum burning vehicle you are forcing the rest of us to live with your pollution

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by pluto24 on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @05:31PM (#14456099)

I drive a Civic hybrid. My decision to not have kids has had a far greater environmental impact.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by mason240 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:10AM (#14459907)

And that's why electric cars will the death of anti-car sentiment.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by Mz on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:12PM (#14462234)

The lead batteries make them less "clean" than many people imagine. Lead is a hazardous waste, batteries do not last forever and car batteries are quite large.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by pluto24 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:52PM (#14464584)

That's why they're recycled. http://slbatterytire.com/blog/view/what-happens-to-my-old-ca...

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