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On Mon, 19 May 2008 07:17:32 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:

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>John Larkin wrote:
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>> "Paul E. Schoen" wrote:
>> >"Michael A. Terrell" wrote
>> >>
>> >> Reality.  There isn't enough generating capacity to convert to electric
>> >> cars.
>> >
>> >It may not exist at the moment, but the switch to electric (as well as
>> >other more efficient vehicles) must be accompanied by an overall reduction
>> >in our total per-capita energy consumption. Even if new electric power
>> >plants would be built, using the same fossil fuels that now power
>> >automobiles, they would be much more efficient and cleaner than millions of
>> >individual cars and trucks being driven in stop-and-go traffic. But the
>> >ultimate resolution to this problem will involve people changing their
>> >lifestyles, using more public transportation, living closer to jobs (or
>> >telecommuting), and generally becoming a more cooperative society living
>> >and working closely with other people, rather than isolationism, needless
>> >competition, and broken families.
>>
>> Non-competitive paradises like Cuba and North Korea? They certainly
>> aren't suffering from glutted super-highways or packed shopping-center
>> parking lots. And they have excellent energy conservation techniques:
>> the power is only on a few hours a day.
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>You have to be NUTS to compare Cuba to N Korea.
>
>Heck, I have some friends who just holidayed in Cuba and they loved it.


Of course they loved it. They got all the goodies the locals can only
dream of and, more important, the tourists are allowed to leave.

Oh, what do you call an institution where you get shot in the back if
you try to leave?

John