<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Doug: '<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>It's one of the sleaziest, most dishonest books I've ever seen.</FONT>'</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Am I to take it that you have a better statistic for the price of oil, relative to wages? Or is this, like John's merely an ad hominem attack?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>'If it were costless for me to move to <BR>someplace where public transportation was first rate maybe I would not be <BR>forced to have a car but that is not the current reality.'</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Poor you! Forced to live in the most affluent society in the world.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Forced to consume more resources than anyone else.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Forced to own a car. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>You really do have my sympathy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe it is a revelation to you, but billions of people get along without cars.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They would be bemused to hear you complaining about the terrible riches that are wasted on you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think perhaps your fellow citizens might be a bit confused by your version of their lives, too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would it not be more accurate to say that they bought cars because they were useful, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and helped them to live their lives?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your whole approach to life seems to be one where you are not responsible for anything you do.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who made this society where cars are force fed to the people?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>