jim_flanegin wrote: >--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Yup. When I lived in the Seattle I could take a bus across the >> >> >street > > >>and get downtown in 40 minutes (since it made every stop along the >> >> >way) > > >>or walk two blocks to take the express bus which got me there in 15 >>minutes. Driving would have taken between 20-30 minutes and then >> >> >the > > >>expense of parking. Comparatively the Bay Area has a lot of work to >> >> >do. > > >Yeah-- I can understand why, with all of the different municipalities >and counties intersecting here. In any case it does make trying to get >from A to B on public trans not feasible, except for short distances. >BTW, most of the time when I see a bus or a light rail they are pretty >much empty... > And if you could own an electric car that 20 minute drive would not contribute much if anything at all to pollution (it will generate some heat). But no, the oil companies, the dimbo on the California board, auto companies and their dealers just couldn't have that: http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/
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