NYDN: The Best Way to Punish BP is to build more subways

[Captain Hilts]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/06/17/2010-06-17_drill_baby_drill__more_subways.html

The next time President Obama is in town, he should head straight for the BP station at the corner of Houston and Lafayette Sts.

Directly beneath the hated green and yellow BP sign are twin descending stairways marked with the name of the greatest single energy-conserving enterprise in America, a system that saves more than a billion gallons of gasoline a year.

"SUBWAY."

Security concerns may preclude Obama from following our mayor's example and riding the subterranean trains that carry in excess of 4 million riders a day.

National security concerns demand that he raise his voice on behalf of a system whose every rider does his daily bit to make us less dependent on oil and its attendant evils. In particular, Obama should call for passage of a measure introduced by leading Democratic senators last month that would award $2 billion in operating funding for public transportation across the country.

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[Laelth]

1. I agree, but I want to see criminal prosecutions too.

Criminal prosecutions are the only way to send the message that there will be serious consequences for those who threaten to destroy our environment by cutting corners in the name of profits.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Captain Hilts]

2. Indeed. nt

[salguine]

3. The typical New Yorker's carbon footprint is 75% lower than the national average.

[Captain Hilts]

4. Yes! Cities are efficient! Suburbs are not. nt