On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 09:26:39PM -0000, Jim Millen <J.Millen-99 at student.lboro.ac.uk> wrote: > Making generalisations about a nation of - umm.. 290 million, is it? - > isn't going to be at all conclusive, I know, and I'm sure there are some > people over there who do drive smaller, more fuel-efficient cars. But > it's hard to escape the conclusion that the US could significantly cut > its fuel demands if there were fewer 3 or 4 litre cars on the roads. > > I mean, do people find the idea of having to spend less money to go the > same distance unattractive, or something? Aside from being off-topic, this is a common misconception. It may be cost-effective in Europe, where cities were designed differently, but in the US, it just doesn't work that way. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110006428 -- Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/ Politics: http://triggerfinger.org/ Literature: http://speculativefiction.org/ Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt