Re: [asa] climate change severity

--- Merv <mrb22667@kansas.net> wrote:

> Michael Roberts wrote:
> > If nothing else Western nations should cut down use of fossil fuels if
> > only because they are running out.
> >
> > Why are American cars still bigger than European ones? Is it because
> > you are bigger or what?!!!!!
> Probably! --- its from eating all this beef, sitting at the computer
> writing email, and then driving everywhere. I hear that new sports
> stadiums built over here are having to spread out the seats more than
> the old ones used to because of our wider kiesters. One doesn't need a
> climatologist to see the writing on the wall over here!
>
> --merv

While I haven't spent enough time in Europe to verify this by my own
experience, I believe cars are more essential to life in America than in
Europe. There is much less in the way of public transportation, and some people
commute long distances by car (especially in states like California where
people frequently live a long distance from work to be able to find affordable
housing). If you're going to spend more time in your car, bigger seems better
-- more room to get comfortable. Furthermore, we generally have wider city
streets, which makes small cars less necessary. I agree that American cars are
too big (and too expensive) However, changing that will not be easy.

Bill Hamilton
William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
248.652.4148 (home) 248.821.8156 (mobile)
"...If God is for us, who is against us?" Rom 8:31

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Received on Thu Jan 4 22:13:25 2007