America's Gasoline Addiction
17 May 2004 - 2:00pm
Randy Salzman says the nation's gasoline addiction deserves a rational response.
"Driving everywhere for everything at every chance is certainly partially why we're in a war. It's partially why smog shrouds our cities. It's partially why our kids are growing up so fat doctors now warn that children will have a shorter lifespan than we will. It's certainly why our interstates are clogged. Yet, will we consider no rational response?"
Source:
Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 15, 2004
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Maybe we should blame Thomas Jefferson. He was the godfather of the urban sprawl racket in America.
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