Hi Robert,
I do not see the declaration as antagonistic;
Is there a specific part that concerns you?
The car has been given 100 years of resources- space, money, planning, power, law, etc.
It seems we need a shift towards human power for personal, community and planetary health.
I'd suggest we need to step up and amplify our voices for a livable future. That's what we're doing here in Missoula, Montana.
Bob Giordano, Director Free Cycles Missoula Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation
Quoting Robert Rands cheerfulharmony@yahoo.com:
I do not think the promotion of bicycling should be in such an
antagonistic position that degrades all forms of possible transport.
This has been a mistaken path that too much of the bicycling
community has been following, one which has been a detrimental to
all in the sphere of safety, access, and progress in a comprehensive
design for all modal forms.Sincerely, Robert Rands Board Member and Manager, SoPo Bikes, Reynoldstown https://sopobikes.org/
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:48:39 +0000 From: Kim Schaffer kim@communitybikeworks.org To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: [TheThinkTank] Biking Industry?s Climate and Carbon Pricing Declaration
Hi friends, Would you consider signing this letter of support from members of
the biking industry calling for federal action on climate?
https://www.businessclimateleaders.org/bikingindustrydeclarationI expect Community Bike Works will be signing on shortly. Feel free to share. Kim Schaffer
Biking Industry?s Climate and Carbon Pricing Declaration SIGN THE DECLARATION
HEREhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebfVz_JaDSQw4yvEfUUuXzxjyip7jYBLMVMkgty3_Mq5cPow/viewform Join your colleagues in the Biking Industry in raising your
collective voice to encourage Members of Congress to enact climate
solutions in an effective, bipartisan, economically supportive and
equitable way. BIKING INDUSTRY?S CLIMATE ACTION AND CARBON PRICING DECLARATION We, the Biking Industry of America, as business owners, leaders,
entrepreneurs, employers, avid outdoorsmen and women and citizens
hereby declare our strong recommendation for federal action to
mitigate the risks of climate change, allowing our businesses to
flourish and creating a healthy planet for all future generations. WHEREAS the recent
IPCChttps://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_spm_final.pdf and
National Climate Assessmenthttps://nca2018.globalchange.gov/
reports call for immediate action to stem the worst effects of
climate change; WHEREAS the biking industry is a rapidly growing and evolving
industry with an economic impact of over $81 billion domestically,
responsible for tens of thousands of jobs that serve the 48 million
cyclists in the US. WHEREAS biking and outdoor recreation facilities will be irreparably
damaged by the consequences of anthropogenic climate change which
include more severe weather, increasing temperatures, and larger
forest fires. WHEREAS the Lancet
Commissionhttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32596-6/fulltext has said that climate change is the greatest public health threat of this century, but it is also the greatest public health opportunity of this century. The Commission wrote: The single most powerful strategic instrument to inoculate human health against the risks of climate change is strong and sustained carbon
pricing; WHEREAS we are making substantial efforts and investments to reduce
our carbon footprint and to ensure that we and our supply chain are
sustainable and well positioned to avoid disruption from climate
events; WHEREAS: The American Medical
Associationhttps://www.ama-assn.org/topics/climate-change, along
with over 100 American health organizations, recommends that we ?put
a price on carbon that reflects its true social costs and phase out
investments in and subsidies for fossil fuels for energy extraction
and generation.? WHEREAS a fee-dividend structure on carbon encourages the use of
bicycles and other similar forms of human powered transportation, as
well as increasing the buying power of consumers to purchase said
products; WHEREAS: A bipartisan group of 3,500 luminary
economistshttps://clcouncil.org/economists-statement/ (including
all living former Federal Reserve chairs) endorses a carbon fee and
dividend as the best way to "reduce carbon emissions at the scale
and speed necessary," while also protecting the poor. WHEREAS
researchhttps://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/research/report/assessment-energy-innovation-and-carbon-dividend-act shows that the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act will effectively reduce America?s emissions by at least 40% within 12 years, grow the economy and create 2.1 million additional jobs over the next 10 years, improve our overall health and is revenue
neutral; WHEREAS climate change should be neither a partisan nor a political
issue, but a bridge to bring us together for our common future; WHEREAS America has the technology and the economic strength for
bold climate action and time is of the essence; the actions we take,
or fail to take, in the next few years will have repercussions for
generations to come; and that we need public and political will to
meet the challenge of stabilizing our climate; NOW THEREFORE LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT. . . SIGN THE DECLARATION
HEREhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebfVz_JaDSQw4yvEfUUuXzxjyip7jYBLMVMkgty3_Mq5cPow/viewform We members of the Biking Industry endorse an effective, efficient
and equitable bipartisan, national carbon fee and dividend policy
such as the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend
Acthttps://energyinnovationact.org/.
Kim Schaffer, Executive Director (she/her) Community Bike Works www.communitybikeworks.org cell: 484.554.8971
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