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Enneagram Chat Board Archive Re: Pollution? Yeah!Posted by Ryan (65.141.164.186) on November 29, 2002 at 03:10:36: In Reply to: Pollution? Yeah! posted by Mikko (193.234.247.50) on November 29, 2002 at 02:59:29: > So first people say that SUVs waste fuel and pollute like hell because of that. In the next sentence they say that they're mostly used by people who are inexperienced drivers and don't drive that much, mostly just take kids to soccer practice and buy a carton of milk on the way. > It's amazing, almost supernatural how an SUV pollutes more than a regular car in that scenario. Can you tell why it's so amazing? People who drive SUVs in the United States live in the suburbs mostly. Metropolitan areas in the US are huge and because of this people put all kind of mileage on them just driving to work. Nobody bicycles or cross-country skis to work like they do in Finland. Transit in the US is pathetic. There is almost twice as much transit usage per person in Montreal and Toronto just to the north of us than in New York City. And there is twice as much transit usage per person in NYC as in Chicago, and there is twice as much transit usage per person in Chicago than in other large American cities. You get the picture. When you look at HOW MANY people in this country have SUVs, it doesn't even matter how far they are driven. It's still a major problem. But in this huge country with huge area cities, they are driven far. And the worst thing is that Americans don't look at other countries for solutions like they should. We'll have to destroy our environment and gas prices will have to be driven up to $5.00 a gallon before people start looking at using bikes and transit more. The force of historical inertia and American stubbornness is sad, really. Ryan
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