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Article #579Re: Dominant Form of Transportation
From: John Higdon
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 00:47
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 00:47
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in article 3A7DA12F.FC0C1A7A@quiotix.com, Jeffrey Siegal wrote: > Not necessarily no people, just less people. There would still likely > be farmland, and farmers. Just not sprawling residential communitites. How do you farm without vehicles and farm machinery? Do you take light rail from one end of your ranch to another? Oh, I forgot...you ride a horse. Much cleaner than a truck! > Seriously, this is really nothing new. During the industrial > revolution, massive populations migrated from the farms to the factories > (cities). The advent of automobiles allowed some spreading of the > population to areas surrounding the cities (suburbs). Automobiles also supply freedom of movement that really annoys the "social engineers" among us. People should all live in identical cells, have identical possessions, make exactly the same money from jobs...whatever they are, and all work for the good of the whole. A lot of people have been trying to turn human beings into ants, but so far, thankfully, none have succeeded. -- John Higdon | Email Address Valid | http://www.anntec.com/ +1 408 264 4115 | Silicon Valley, CA | FAX: +1 408 264 4407 Cheap, provincial San Franciscans can call: 415 428-COWS
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