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To: GraceZ who wrote (13406)	10/14/2004 12:41:22 PM
From: benwood	Respond to of 116555

I agree. It also will affect people's thinking on how mahvelous it is to have two people sharing 3200 square feet. I read a couple years ago that in Vancouver, B.C., they decided not to keep up with the traffic problems any longer. They'd save many billions, and the resulting jams would foster support for alternatives that they would be able to afford. It would also start a shift in thinking to different lifestyles where people don't necessarily build their lives around a car and/or commuting by car.

To: GraceZ who wrote (13406)	10/14/2004 12:46:24 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Higher prices will also help erode nonsense resistance to things like a wind power project in eastern Washington (near Ellensburg) which is being opposed mainly because it would "spoil the view." I routinely drive through that valley since my in-laws live there, and it IS scenic; it also is home to monstrous cell phone towers, high tension wire towers, irrigation canals and aquifers, and hundreds of man made structures, cattle ranches, farms, golf courses, roads.