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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (100124)	1/14/2008 4:59:04 PM
From: Tradelite	Respond to of 306849

Very interesting commentary....especially in light of a story in today's Wash Post (Metro section front page).....if anyone wants to log into the Wash Post website and find it, the headline in the print edition says "Streetcar Plan Has Money and Desire...but the story goes on to say that altho funding has been approved for a Northern Virginia streetcar network of public transportation plus other non-auto-oriented transportation improvements, critics are shooting down the concept as being "too local". Geez.....

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (100124)	1/14/2008 11:17:11 PM
From: ItsAllCyclical	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

One of his poorer missives. End of suburbia? Give me a break. Auto are 50% of our energy usage. We have the technology today to more than double the average gas mileage without too much pain phased in over 5-10 years. Of course post 9/11 we were simply told to shop more. A few other changes would yield huge savings in terms of electrical needs (having idle appliances actually stay off, efficient bulbs appliances, etc. He may be right long term (say 100 years), but for now we simply lack the will. Of course the housing bubble will continue to implode, but suburbia will be alive and well 10+ years from now.