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The Prius, ethanol, electric?? They all ways to postpone an unpleasant truth: We've made a huge blunder and built an entire infrastructure that makes no sense!! We spent precious time and resources building isolated McMansions with three-car garages for front doors and shopping centers with asphalt seas for parking lots while neglecting public transportation, sidewalks, bicycle lanes and our environment! Now we have this terrible need for huge amounts of energy, an obesity problem and a warming planet! What a mistake! Ditch the car now and get on a bike! Don't let all those sexy car advertisements sway you! If you live in an isolated place, move as soon as it's practicable to a place with greater density so that you can walk or bike to the shops. Meanwhile, attend your townhall meetings and press for more public transportation and a ban on the silly architecture we have all been accepting for years. If you don't think this is possible, visit virtually any place in Europe where urban planning has been so much more sensible. Cars don't have to be a given!
By Jim
