Public Health, NIMBY & Powering the Dreams of the Electric Car

"I'm not an activist, an alarmist, a Democrat, environmentalist or anything like that. I'm just a person who isn't able to manage the health of my family because of all this drilling."

Kelly Gant, whose says her children have had severe asthma attacks and headaches since a gas well was set up near her house in Bartonville, Tex.

This is not  directly a transportation example of conflict between infrastructure placement and environmental values. However, it is the most passionate and reasoned comment that can be understood by everyone, from the media, policymakers to business leaders. Gas rig drilling is one strategy that will power the dreams and engines of the electric car. Often in public policy seeming 'solutions' to one problem only displace costs and create new problems. This is worth the read.

Read the rest of the story in the original New York Times article here.