{"id":2452384,"date":"2019-12-18T20:56:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T03:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/how-to-reduce-gas-consumption\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T08:26:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T15:26:01","slug":"how-to-reduce-gas-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/how-to-reduce-gas-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reduce gas consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/facebook-thumbnail-1200.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Thanks to Russ Andrews for pointing out the challenge we face to stop using fossil fuels (<a id=\"N0x1ed74b0N0x20ab0f0:N0x1ed74b0N0x1ed58f0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/aspen-skiing-co-s-hypocrisy-knows-no-bounds\/\">\u201cAspen Skiing Co.\u2019s hypocrisy knows no bounds,\u201d<\/a> letters, Dec. 16, aspentimes.com). This means reexamining the usual practices of burning gasoline. That includes all kinds of vehicle-racing as well as operating a major tourist destination. The traditional three \u201cRs\u201d of environmentalism are reduce, reuse and recycle. A fourth \u201cR\u201d has been put first: refuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Even the \u201challowed\u201d Patagonia outdoor gear company promotes not buying a new jacket if the existing one does the job. Ironically, sales increased. People can buy something new and feel they are \u201cenvironmentally correct.\u201d Great marketing. But misses the mark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It would be useful to make a list of ways to reduce fossil fuel use. Stop racing gas-burning vehicles. Limit the use of gas-burning vehicles. Limit private airplanes. Ban fire pits, open shop doors and heated pavement. Ban heating buildings with fossil fuels. Easy to start a list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Name\">Patrick Hunter<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Title\">Carbondale<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/how-to-reduce-gas-consumption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Russ Andrews for pointing out the challenge we face to stop using fossil fuels (\u201cAspen Skiing Co.\u2019s hypocrisy knows no bounds,\u201d letters, Dec. 16, aspentimes.com). This means reexamining the usual practices of burning gasoline. That includes all kinds of vehicle-racing as well as operating a major tourist destination. The traditional three \u201cRs\u201d of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 01:35:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452405,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452384\/revisions\/2452405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}