Re: Re: Homer wipes out a species

turpin said:

>I think people make a mistake when they hang the issues of urban 
>transportation on where the energy will come from. The energy *will* 
>come from some place, and likely will be even cheaper per BTU a 
>hundred years from now. In fifty years, electric vehicles with nano-
>manufactured components zipping down minimal-asphalt roads charged by 
>non-petroleum energy sources could present exactly the same problems 
>as do today's gas-fueled cars: congestion, danger to pedestrians, 
>sprawl, inconvenient commutes, etc. These problems do not originate 
>in where the energy originates, but in how transportation is 
>subsidized and how cities are organized. 

While we shouldn't downplay the potential role of energy shortages
in moving the carfree agenda forward, neither should we hang the
whole thing on this one issue. As we all know, there are many reasons
to make the change, and we should always try to bring all of them
forward, even in this day of simple-minded media.

Regards,

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