Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:30:07 -0600,
Guess again scud slave.
For your edification, some more quotes from Ivan Illich
"Eighteen bikes can be parked in the place of one car, thirty of them can move along in the space devoured by a single automobile."
"The model American male devotes more than 1,600 hours a year to his car. He sits in it while it goes and while it stands idling. He parks it and searches for it. He earns the money to put down on it and to meet the monthly installments. He works to pay for gasoline, tolls, insurance, taxes, and tickets. He spends four of his sixteen waking hours on the road or gathering his resources for it. And this figure does not take into account the time consumed by other activities dictated by transport: time spent in hospitals, traffic courts, and garages; time spent watching automobile commercials or attending consumer education meetings to improve the quality of the next buy. The model American puts in 1,600 hours to get 7,500 miles: less than five miles per hour. "
And I can ride right to the door while you're picking your nose looking for a place to berth your stinking scud, slave. -- zk