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- From: sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth)
- Subject: Re: Remember ...
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:00:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.013510.24402@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> jks2x@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Jason K. Schechner) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov14.213905.4464@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth) writes:
- >
- >>Well, I've heard that VP-elect Gore has written in his book on the environment
- >>that cars are a bigger threat to the earth than nuclear weapons. And he's
- >>our new VP?? Are you ready for 4 years of Gore jokes?
- >>
- >>:-)
- >>Simon
- >
- > If you think about it they most certianly are. Look at all of
- >the atmospheric damage done in the past 100 years. How much of it was
- >done by cars, and how much by nuclear weapons. Not to mention the
- >ground polution (old cars, old tires, gasoline leaks, etc) and the
- >water polution (again, old cars, old tires, gasoline leaks, etc).
- > Besides that Al barely mentioned cars in his book. The
- >republicons have blown what he said way out of proportion.
- >
- >-Jason
- >
- Well, anything that Quayle ever said was blown out of proportion, and
- and stated as fact.
-
- So just becaue existing cars have their problems doesn't mean that this
- ca't change. I'd rather see more work done on sensible, practical alternatives
- such as alternative fuels and electric vehicles rather than increased public
- transit, since in most places it doesn't work anyway.
- Simon
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