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To: John Vosilla who wrote (191632)6/15/2012 10:32:56 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 543798
 
I like to call it ‘the national automobile slum.’ You can call it suburban sprawl. I think it’s appropriate to call it the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world.” (James Howard Kunstler)

TED talk video
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To: John Vosilla who wrote (191632)6/15/2012 12:31:00 PM
From: Dale Baker  Respond to of 543798
 
Yes, it's a lethal combination when you trash your food quality and then remove most incentive and opportunity to expend calories through physical activity. And not only are vast sums of money made from this, American culture celebrates and glorifies it daily.