Posted by laima on August 18, 2006, at 11:05:14
In reply to Jeremy Leggett, posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 18, 2006, at 8:12:33
I've got no gas price complaints, and no car! I get around by walking, my bike or public transport-for my values and for the bonus of fitness. If I do ever get a car, you can count on it being a light and tiny little thing.Believe me, not everyone in the US is into large inefficient vehicles, and I could say something uncivil about how I feel about them, pollution, asthma, the "bigger is better" notion, driving one block to go to the store, and the rising gas prices, etc, etc, etc- but I won't do that here. I'd even say something about how I feel about the people in cars who don't like sharing the road with bikes but then wonder why they are getting out of shape and traffic is getting so congested. And parking spots so hard to find...since many of the cars are so big, there is obviously less space available for parallel parking. I wish urban biking wasn't so dangerous here, but growing numbers of people do it anyway... I'll leave it all to your imagination...
Do my brother and I have conflict because he feels oil is unlimited if we can just keep the technology moving (Ie, oil sands in Canada, recycling industrial by-products, and the like.), and I disagree? Yes...but we don't discuss the topic much more in favor of not causing a family schism.
> Also, American's complaining about gas prices. Well I won't say anything to keep civil (why do you drive such big cars then?).
> So you folks in America pay 1/3 of what we do here. So don't complain please!! :o)--I agree!!! Not everyone here in America is alike, and some of us really cringe with shame and frustration when lumped up as a group.
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