tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927807349319882991.post8024220520068792646..comments2024-01-15T19:54:05.116-05:00Comments on Nancy At Large: COG Strives to Make the Region a Little CoolerCouncilmember Nancy Floreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057395275467496388noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927807349319882991.post-64336585704965220952008-11-25T13:21:00.000-05:002008-11-25T13:21:00.000-05:00With tongue slightly in cheek, please accept my Mo...With tongue slightly in cheek, please accept my Modest Proposal to Fix Everything:<BR/><BR/>First, everyone knows that one of the reasons that Maryland has such high costs in fuel is because Maryland is, at least in most parts, very <I>hilly.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, there's not much we can do about Maryland's hills, other than to not drive on them. And how, one might ask, can one avoid driving on Maryland's hills? If you want to go anywhere, without a doubt there will be hills involved.<BR/><BR/>The solution is simple. Just Pave The Bay!<BR/><BR/>Look, we all know that because of excessive development and a failure to live up to longstanding agreements, the Chesapeake is doomed anyway. So, let's just pave it. Everyone wins! Let me tell you how.<BR/><BR/>First, once we Pave The Bay, we don't have to worry about fish kills or dead zones or <I>pfisteria</I> or any of that stuff. There's hardly any crabs left, and no real fishing industry to speak of, so it's not like there's going to be any significant commerical losses, other than to the Port of Baltimore, as if they were getting any business these days.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, once we Pave The Bay, we'll save lots of paper when we stop having those stories printed about wandering Manatees being sighted.<BR/><BR/>Third, and most importantly -- aside from all of the money to be made by developers, of course -- the Bay, once it is Paved, will be totally flat. We won't have any hills to make us step on the gas and get bad mileage. Also we can save money on those barrels of sand that you have to park at the roadside on hills so that people won't get stuck during snowstorms.<BR/><BR/>Yes, everyone wins when we Pave The Bay!<BR/><BR/>------<BR/><BR/>This exercise in editorial idiocy was brought to you by a lifelong Marylander who is, you know, just really tired of hills.Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927807349319882991.post-62781078550836584722008-11-17T08:19:00.000-05:002008-11-17T08:19:00.000-05:00It is reported that 6% of household energy is dedi...It is reported that 6% of household energy is dedicated to clothes drying.<BR/><BR/>Solar drying (less glamorously known as "clotheslines") are banned by many homeowners associations. These bans are stopping homeowners from dramatically reducing their carbon footprint.<BR/><BR/>Rumblings are being made at the state level, but if progress does not manifest itself, can you and the rest of the council allow Montgomery to show the rest of the state the way towards those 2050 goals?The Montgomery Green Democratshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755534047824305743noreply@blogger.com