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"Brian" <Witch*Dr@usa.nojunkemail.net.ru> wrote in message
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> "Robert S" <searob@zipcon.com> wrote in message
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> > BTW, what are you doing with your transportation choices?  Choking on
the
> > smog as you slowly commute to and from work?  Did you buy one of those
> > Hybrid cars that you claim were so affordable?
>
> Hell no. They are too damn small and gutless. But then again, I'm not
trying
> to claim that cars are dirty, evil machines. All 3 of my cars are very low
> emission vehicles and that's fine with me. I'll continue to buy gasoline
> powered vehicles until something better comes along. By better I mean more
> horsepower, better cornering, better braking, increased safety, lower
> ownership costs. Pollution controls are not high on my list of
> discriminators. If you have a car under 10 or so years old, it's pretty
> efficient and clean (if it's maintained).
>
> And I take the bus to/from work.

That's good.  I think along the same lines, except that I don't have the
desire for more horsepower and space.  I'm more practical and frugal.  I
never claimed that cars are dirty, evil machines.  What I do want to point
out is that this mode of transportation isn't sustainable forever, unless
you factor in a possible population decrease in the next 20 years (which may
happen, but I don't have the research to back that statement up).

Given that we've made so many technological advances, doesn't it seem
strange to you that we haven't moved on from the internal combustion engine?
I watched a show on PBS the other day and they pointed out that the internal
combustion engine in the early 1900's actually helped the environment
because it resulted in a less need for horses that crapped everywhere they
went.

I think that government and business leaders should be doing more to make
transportation much more efficient and sustainable now - that's what
liberals believe.