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Bike Activists Promote Alternative TransportationBike Warrior writes: Activists Promote Alternative Transportation Through Cross Country Bike Ride Student activists from two universities will be bicycling cross-country from New York City to Portland, Oregon this summer as part of the Bikes Against Big Oil campaign, to express concern over rising gas prices as oil companies continue to show windfall profits. Lauren Giaccone, a student at Pace University in New York City, said this about the campaign: We are riding to spread awareness of alternatives to cars as a primary means of transportation, and to encourage people, especially those living in major cities, not to sit back and let the big oil companies shaft them in this way. People are disillusioned that a solution can be reached in the near future, because the government has done nothing to help them. The government could easily step in to regulate gas prices if it wanted to, and without sacrificing environmental safety standards. The students are calling for the public to take action by boycotting major oil corporations, actively seeking alternative or mass transportation solutions, and by demanding that the government step in to regulate the issue without sacrificing the environment.
The cross-country ride is serving both as a symbolic act for the riders, and is one of the many ways they will be trying to reach out and engage the public on the oil/gas issue. |
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