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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:48:15 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:54:04 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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I was sort of wondering if anyone might learn to walk, or maybe take
buses,
even if it meant having to sit next to "those kinds of people", as a
neighbor of mine once said.

The problem is not the Americans, it is a billion Chinese who all want
a car. They won't be buying a Prius. China already showed us how they
feel about the Montreal protocol when they said they were making CFC
refrigerators for their people.


I guess you're right. We're blameless. It's always been that way.


We are not blameless. It is the consumer lifestyle that we created and
the rest of the world covets that is to blame.


I have a question for you. Car #1 gets 17 mpg. Car #2 gets 25 mpg. In
percentage terms, how much more mileage does car #2 get?