so I made a new friend 😂 pic.twitter.com/6zTMM9DwnU

— here for dafonte (@DesmondCole) March 22, 2019

Where is the outrage? Here it is.

Govt supposedly represents the people, and the people want fare-free #publictransit

UTA and partners offered free-fare days Feb. 28 and March 1, a Thursday and Friday. Interim Executive Director Steve Meyer told the UTA board Wednesday that free rides attracted an extra 20,000 passengers the first day and 29,000 on the second.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/03/20/free-fare-experiment/ 

Free public transport is key to #degrowth

...We need free public transport, new diets, denser modes of living, affordable housing close to where the jobs are, food grown closer to where it is consumed, reduction of working time and commuting, low-energy ways of living and finding satisfaction, curbs on excessive incomes and on ostentatious consumption....

https://truthout.org/articles/a-green-new-deal-must-not-be-tied-to-economic-growth/

[The car] "it spoils everything it touches"

What's wrong with cars? This writer has a long list:

Let’s abandon this disastrous experiment, recognise that this 19th-century technology is now doing more harm than good, and plan our way out of it. Let’s set a target to cut the use of cars by 90% over the next decade.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/cars-killing-us-driving-environment-phase-out 

How EROI for oil is wrongly calculated and the failure of #renewables

Trying to assess the relative worth of Iraqi versus US shale oil is complicated, however, by our failure to account for the full cost – in energy and cash – of recovery. Most calculations of Energy Return on Investment (EROI) are made at the well head, whereas what we need to know is the cost at the point of use. While a lot less energy goes into getting a barrel of Iraqi oil out of the ground compared to US fracking, this misses the point. The full EROI cost must also include the ongoing military occupation of the country that was required to allow US oil companies to get their hands on it to begin with. It is with this in mind that we should view America’s latest attempt to foist “freedom and democracy” on yet another unwilling populace; in this instance, Venezuela.

http://consciousnessofsheep.co.uk/2019/02/26/turning-low-eroi-oil-into-no-eroi-oil/ 

This city in France provides free public transportation https://t.co/IawsK8VII9 pic.twitter.com/nPWHBrHVTt

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) February 25, 2019

Banks are 40% of US economy

Young Green-New-Deal supporter says it must include fare-free #publictransit

To start, in order to facilitate a transition away from fossil fuels, the Green New Deal must include a provision moving toward fare-free public transit.

While it sounds radical and downright unaffordable, it’s been done in several cities around the world with success. Estonia’s capital, Tallinn, is a city of well over 400,000 inhabitants and has had free public transit for locals since 2013. Chapel Hill, North Carolina has had free bus transportation since 2002 and in doing so, has increased their annual ridership from 3 million to nearly 7 million. Many smaller jurisdictions, including 56 small cities across Europe have implemented fare-free public transportation programs.

http://www.dbknews.com/2019/02/11/green-new-deal-free-public-transportation-metro-ocasio-cortez-bowser-climate-change/ 

Why people in rural areas should support urban fare-free #publictransit

There are a hundred good reasons for fare-free public transit. Not the least is that it saves money.

But, specifically, how would it benefit rural areas?

Answer: by fighting sprawl.

Sprawl threatens the peace and quiet of rural areas. Farms are surrounded by housing developments and subject to complaints from new residents.

Sprawl needs tax money for schools, roads, and utilities. Developers often take profit from home sales and leave municipal costs for the residents. So rural people will likely see more taxes.

Roads will be more crowed. Rural roads are dangerous, often without shoulders and drainage. More traffic -- more collisions.