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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 18:14:23 -0500
From: Terje Johan Abrahamsen <terjejnopsamandnews.com>
Subject: Re: I bought one of those as well......


On 21 Jun 2002 00:29:11 GMT, davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: >Someone who looks an awful lot like Terje Johan Abrahamsen <terjejnopsamandnews.com> wrote: >> On 19 Jun 2002 13:56:17 GMT, davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > >>>Someone who looks an awful lot like Guava Baby <guavababynopsamspring.com> wrote: >>>> davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: >>> >>>Odd, you say that almost as if you think that's a bad thing? "Don't build >>>things that are prohibitively expensive"? Seems like responsible government >>>spending to me. > >> The discussion is rather about how much you value the environment. It >> cost money, but is it a waste of resources or is it something the >> government should actually use money on? > >In the distances involved, and the costs associated with them, it may >very well be that that same money could be more effectively spent >elsewhere, and get better environmental benefit. Probably. >Point remains, even if the systems are in place (Amtrak, for instance), >if people don't like using them, they will continue to drive, regardless >of the cost(s). Regardless of the cost? If you added on environmental taxes on for example gasoline and the price pr gallon would become about 4-5 dollars as in many European countries, a lot of people would park the car. Especially their big gas guzzling SUVs that doesn't realy serve any purpose, but that americans like so much. >Sometimes overcoming the social inertia is harder than the technical >solution itself. Very true....But, one must start somewhere. And in the US it seems like they are not willing to move an inch. (Yes, I live here in the US)

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