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Article #1109Re: If everyone would drive GEO metros
From: John Beardmore
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:01
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:01
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In article <100bii4ndj5jo31@corp.supernews.com>, Jeff Strickland <beerman@yahoo.com> writes >I think it is more selfish of you to cram people into a too-small >transprotation choice than it is for those people to make an unwise >transportaqtion choice. I'm not saying it should be too small - just that SUVs used for solo commuting are unnecessarily large. >If enviros actually offered a vehicle that met theneeds of the motoring >public instead of simply gripe about the choices the motoring public makes, >I would feel much better about what they are complaining of. I'm not suggesting that the vehicle shouldn't meet the need - just that the vehicle selected should be appropriate to the task, at least most of the time. Over the years I've had all sizes of vehicle from Nissan Micra to 7500kg truck. If I need a lot of tools I don't take the Micra. If I'm commuting, I don't take the truck. > All you have is >a sky-is-falling story to tell, The evidence suggests that global warming and resource depletion are real enough. To dismiss them as "story" seems unwise in the face of the evidence. > but the solution to getting wet is just as >bad, or even worse to some people, than getting wet. The real soultion to >the sky falling is a sunny day. Go to work on the sunny day and see what >happens. This is getting even less coherent than Donkey ! > I think it will be embraced with enthusiasm instead of rebelled >against like most of what has been offered up to date. If what you mean is 'go forth and develop technical solutions', then yes - I'm happy to do that. If what you mean is 'go forth and hope a technical solution materialises that bucks thermodynamics, measured warming trends and consumes no fuel', then I'm not interested until you can prove there is a solution out there. Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore
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