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Re: A Greener Interstate sytem?

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From: Sarcastro
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 00:00
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On Sun, 15 Aug 1999 18:15:31 -0500, jweeks@visi.com (John A. Weeks
III) wrote:

>And now for the other viewpoint...I hate driving through there
>because of all the damn trees.  You cannot see anything.  It is
>like driving through an endless tunnel for mile after mile, almost
>to the point of making me car sick.  Lets level the trees so there
>is something to look at while traveling.

I can honestly say I've never thought of that side. Scratch that, in
winter, when the sun is low and the trees are bare, the
flash-on-flash-off of bright light can give me a headache. Otherwise,
I honestly thought everyone liked trees.

Tabling their visual impact on roadsides, surely we can agree that
they serve other useful functions?
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Bentley - Alexandria VA
Entropy isn't what it used to be.
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