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To: The Prophet who wrote (14992)	9/24/2000 8:32:16 PM
From: Will Lyons	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

We have some mass transit etc and in Europe they even have a good rail system but people still are using their own cars! and that is a lot more duplication of resources than a few chips. Just look at all the cars parked around factories, shopping malls, office bldgs etc. or on the five mile tie ups on rte I95 and the Long Island expressway! A rational society might well adopt a program of non-duplication of equipment. But I have noticed too many boats sitting idle at marinas, too many cars parked for days on end in the streets of many cities. These are big ticket items compared with CDs or whatever we replace them with. And with several TVs, radios, and record players in many households it will take a lot of bandwith plus lot of active on-line storage to cover all the possibilities that people will want when they want them! Also will people be willing to pay for so many more choices than they can ever use, and if not will we then have to limit our choices to only the most popular items and thus homogenizing our culture in the same way that fast food chains are attacking our taste buds? WL