--- Rick Mons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "I think consumption continues to be an issue ...from all I've read, it's going to take a fairly long time to develop non-petroleum sources of energy which are economically and technically feasible in the scale which is needed."
Even if it were possible to have a fuel source for automobioles with zero emissions (both from the automobile and from where-ever the fuel is generated), continuing our present level of reliance on the automobile for transportation would be a bad idea. Aside from pollution problems, using automobiles results in, among other things, urban sprawl, noisy land-gulping freeways and downtown areas dominated by parking ramps. I'm not advocating the complete elimination of private automobiles but the only way to retain some semblence of a civilized existence requires that the proportion of trips taken via automobile and mass transit change in favor of mass transit. In short, automobiles cause more problems than just pollution from tailpipe emissions. Charlie Swope St. Paul _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
