Push More, Drive Less

**LV-EW** · 06-09-2007 09:15 AM

*Big File*

**ska1234** · 06-09-2007 10:10 AM

right on, i skate everywhere i need to go, be it 8 miles uptown and 8 miles back, to the store to get food or snacks, or just to friends places.

**Bluetooth** · 06-09-2007 10:12 AM

I don't have a car so I skate mostly everywhere to, even though the only place I really go is my friends house sometimes.

**TheFuzz** · 06-09-2007 01:16 PM

I had to sell my car to stay out of jail

**Robbaaay** · 06-09-2007 01:37 PM

Exactly!
not only is it better for the environment, but it always makes you a better skater, can get you in the stoke zone, and its good for your health!
100% behind this

**ryanredbaron** · 06-09-2007 03:37 PM

forget hybrids, longboards are our future!

**LV-EW** · 06-09-2007 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by ryanredbaron

forget hybrids, longboards are our future!

forget hybrids, **skateboarding** = moving in the right direction!

glad you guys are into this i think it's a great idea and an awesome thing that we can all do as a community. just spreading the stoke and now there is living proof that skateboarding CAN save our planet. ride hard everyday for yourself and for our environment.

**hailboy** · 06-09-2007 04:30 PM

100% Agreed.

**HerBDerb** · 06-09-2007 05:10 PM

Yeah, I avoid using motorvehicles, when possible.

On the topic of saving the planet, oil, global warming, etc...,
When the oil does run out, where will we be getting our wheels from?

**oscar** · 06-09-2007 05:20 PM

Make a petition! I would sign it hundreds of times if i could.

**tork** · 06-09-2007 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by HerBDerb

Yeah, I avoid using motorvehicles, when possible.

On the topic of saving the planet, oil, global warming, etc...,
When the oil does run out, where will we be getting our wheels from?

haha, man, the oil isnt going to run out, they have been saying that its going to run out soon since they started pumping it out of the ground....

**LV-EW** · 06-09-2007 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by oscar

Make a petition! I would sign it hundreds of times if i could.

As an alternative i have made a Facebook group with the same title "Push More, Drive Less", for those of you that have a Facebook or know people that do please JOIN, and invite atleast 5 people from your current friends list that you believe support this ideology!

It's under Common Interests -- Activities

Help spread the stoke

**HerBDerb** · 06-09-2007 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by tork

haha, man, the oil isnt going to run out, they have been saying that its going to run out soon since they started pumping it out of the ground....

The highest estimate of oil left is approximately 1.65 trillion barrels of oil.
The world consumes approximately 82.25 million barrels per day, using that, we have about 55 years maximum. Probably less considering that is the highest estimate of oil left, and we just keep increasing the amount used, especially in developing nations like China, which has been increasing usage by about 7.5% each year. And most oil wells are abandoned when 50-60% of the oil is depleted, because it becomes too difficult to extract the rest.

And even if we don't run out, it will get to the point that oil is so ridiculously expensive that very few will be able to afford it.

**stanthenewguy** · 06-09-2007 06:39 PM

I skate everywere! But I suppose I'm not doing any good because I can't drive, but still. I skate to the store, I skate to school, I skate to my friends houses!

***moik*** · 06-10-2007 05:56 PM

gotta love it

CL · 06-12-2007 12:24 PM

Hey Herb, i mean, thats cute and all what your saying, but honestly, in 55 years, who the hell will even care? Most of the people on this board will be dead by then, and the ones left will soon be dead, so what does it matter to us?

**midnite-cruiser** · 06-12-2007 01:22 PM

haha thats pretty grim ^^^^^

You have to think of it that its not like oil will be abundant and then just all of the suddenly NOT exist at midnight on new years' eve 2062, 55 years from now(a very generous estimate, btw) though- it will be a gradual and painfull process. Prices will soar as the wells start to deplete and social and economic crisis will soon follow - there will be huge pushes for a better energy source and the powers that be(usually are in the pockets of oil companies so their making millions off it being expensive as ####) will drag ass and push back until they've made all the money to be had from the whole ####ed up situation. Hell, maybe even a war will be fought over it, probably a big one.

I personally think global warming is 60% a farce thats being used like a hand in cards for certain people to gain an edge in politics - but theres no doubt we're shitting on our planet and there will be consiquences. We should turn more green as a society to lead by example, but seriously we're so far gone that its hard to every imagine us as a race putting aside economic growth and being able to microwave pizzas for the earth's sake.

more or less, humanitys' greed is going to be our undoing in the end - unless we all go back to hunter/gatherers and judge our worth on the quality of our love and relationships - and only take what we abesolutely need from the earth instead of finding new ways to rape it for things we want - i dont see an out here.

its a romantic notion to skate instead of drive where you can though. I live in an area where you have to basically drive to do anything though. There are tons of hills and everything is atleast a 5 minute drive. I think a lot of people in the suburbs can relate to that.

**dubtownlbing** · 06-12-2007 01:36 PM

that
is
amazing
!

**Bluetooth** · 06-12-2007 01:47 PM

We will all probably be too old to skate anyway when they don't have any oil left to make urethane.

**midnite-cruiser** · 06-12-2007 04:25 PM

Not to mention half the people on here horde skate gear like the end is near anyway.

After seeing some of these quiver shots im certain there will be plenty of thane to go around for many years to come haha