Rural Dem » Good http://ruraldem.com Rural Dem Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:42:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Democrats Good for Fuel Efficient Cars and Alternative Fuels http://ruraldem.com/democrats-good-for-fuel-efficient-cars-and-alternative-fuels/ http://ruraldem.com/democrats-good-for-fuel-efficient-cars-and-alternative-fuels/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:55:23 +0000 admin http://ruraldem.com/democrats-good-for-fuel-efficient-cars-and-alternative-fuels/ Americans demonstrated their concerns over middle eastern energy dependence on fossil fuels and rising gas prices with a landslide defeat of Republican energy policies. These concerns are inextricably linked to fuel efficient cars and cleaner alternative fuels. The Democrats big win was a major bolster to green cars and alternative fuels.


Among the most striking politcal changes is the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Previously it was Republican James Inhofe, who referred to global warming as “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on mankind,”. Now Barbara Boxer is in, a California Democrat who strongly advocates mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.


A close second to the most striking changes is in the House Resources Committee. Jerry McNerney, a California Democrat and wind-energy executive, will replace the current Republican chairman, Richard W. Pombo, who fought to open public lands to private interests.


Fuel efficient standards are emerging as a major political topic. Fuel-efficiency has declined during the past decade for nine of the 13 major manufacturers selling vehicles in the United States, according to a new study by the Consumer Federation of America.


Money losing U.S. automakers say that they can’t compete with fuel efficient imports as they suffer from a more than $1,000-per-vehicle disadvantage of higher costs for health insurance and pensions and therefore require government bailouts. This argument is continuing to lose steam though as profitable companies like Honda now produce more than 80% of their vehicles in the US and Canada.


Democrat Edward Markey has proposed raising combined light truck-car standards to an average of 33 miles per gallon by 2016 models. Democrat Barack Obama proposed increasing the average to 40.5 mpg for passenger vehicles and 32.6 mpg for the light-truck category, which includes SUVs, by 2020. Jerry McNerney, who defeated Pombo in California, says he will “dramatically increase the fuel efficiency of new vehicles.”


Fuel efficiency and energy independence is already taking a foothold in the next presedential election as likely Republican presidential candidate John McCain of Arizona and Democrat/Independent Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut both wish to address global warming. This will put even more pressure on the current Bush administration to cooperate with the Democrats as the Republicans look to avoid another blowout.


The future is definitely looking a little greener.

Mr Fezziwig, administrator for Green Cars Now, a website promoting fuel efficient cars and cleaner alternative fuels.

]]> http://ruraldem.com/democrats-good-for-fuel-efficient-cars-and-alternative-fuels/feed/ 0 Why Do We Need Good Manners and Politeness? http://ruraldem.com/why-do-we-need-good-manners-and-politeness/ http://ruraldem.com/why-do-we-need-good-manners-and-politeness/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:29:00 +0000 admin http://ruraldem.com/why-do-we-need-good-manners-and-politeness/ Parents attempt to teach their children at an early age about manners, though some people may have a common misunderstanding about manners. There are three things that make up the basis for manners; they are consideration, common sense and customs. Abel Stevens says that politeness is the art that consists in choosing from someone?s own real thoughts. Customs constitute a habit of doing definite things such as shaking hands or tipping hats. Consideration is the most significant concept behind all good manners. Very often a considerate person has good manners. Consideration has a very simple definition; it consists in thinking about the way the other people feel. Almost all good manners have a component of common sense. For example, if you are in the back of an overcrowded elevator it is neither wisely nor good manners to make an attempt to push your way through the crowd to the exit in order to get out first. These are the three main ideas of manners and politeness.

Manners can be used as synonym to politeness, though politeness is the most expectable dissimulation. It is often really so. Parents and teachers attempt to teach the children good manners and politeness, but are they, teaching good manners, taking their own advice? That is why we should strive to disprove the fact that politeness is often the most expectable hypocrisy. We can do that by finding out what a person will do if she or he is alone or in public.

Primarily, manners and politeness need to be an integral part of relations at home. People should respect the privacy of his or her family members, and be polite to them. It is also important to use good table manners. We can see that all these small acts that often seem insignificant, are a sign of good manners that help us to understand each other.

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