<!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>