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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (124087)9/17/2000 9:17:11 PM
From: hmaly  Read Replies (2) of 1571735
 
Ted Re..<<<<We pay such a huge price and then we have the added bonus of depleting a natural resource. In this matter we are like indulgent children.<<<<

Ted, all these things may or may not be true. But what is true that every singly time the car has come up against public transportation, the car has won. Even in Japan with a far better transportation system and shorter distances between cities has to subsidize it. Even in Britain, with a good transportation system and high gas costs, the car still wins. Why not spend the money we would have spent on costly and little used public systems to finance alternative fuel cars, and expand the roads so cars are not stalled in traffic for hrs on end with the engine running. You seem to need high population densities to make public transportation pay off, but people are spreading out. We like our nice big houses with manicured lawns. I like living in the country with a dog and the proverbial white picket fence. The car gives me that. We like our freedom to start work at different times, and the ability to go to the mall, and drive home with our purchases. The mom and pop grocery stores are history so driving to get groceries is a must. As a nation we will never go back.
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