No one here is more environmentally conscious than I. I hate the auto centered transport system that dominates the US and draws nearly every financially asset, killing options for others. We worship the loud, wasteful, obese private vehicle and it does untold damage to the world. I've seen more smoke kicked out by one poorly maintained and operated diesel truck than my little motorized bike will produce in a year. Smoky lawnmowers wastefully manicure millions of acres of lawn that will hardly be touched by people, producing tons of carbon pollution. I will, at the very least, risk life and limb commuting to work via bicycle for most of the warm weather months, saving gallons of gasoline for others to waste.
When the American People get serious about pollution, then I will take them seriously.