Response to Darlene:
If you could prevent the explosion of the World Trade Centers, would you? You probably would. Consider that Senator Lautenberg is trying to prevent the explosion of part of New Jersey, a quite populated chemical industry center of the country. It's wise to not put explosives next to your critical infrastructure or sleeping children.

Yes, airplanes, cars, buses, semi-trucks, are currently needed to sustain our modern ways of life. It is impossible right now to grow enough food and fuel in an urban area to feed and heat millions of homes, although the transition to sustainable stable economies has already begun around the world and in the U.S and is prospering.

Currently it is possible to transition our communities towards valuing human welfare and community health over blind economic growth; such a transition is occurring one step at a time as communities say "no" to dangerous infrastructure development, and say "yes" to creating true alternatives.

Senator Lautenberg is protecting the health and economic welfare of his citizens by preventing the construction of dangerous industrial infrastructure. The explosion of the World Trade Centers caused national havoc, the explosion of part of New Jersey will too.

As a society we must ask ourselves whether we value human health and welfare more than airplane rides and junk food. Its a tough choice, ain't it?