On 9/12/06, David VanHorn wrote: > I guess it would be nice if we all lived in cities with mass transit and > small distances to cover. > > There are plenty of people living here with 30+ miles to the nearest town, > and NO mass transit options at all. Smart cars are cute, but I bet they > don't deal with a foot or more of snow very well. > -- Oh yes normally people outside of US will not be able to imagine that there are so many unused land in US. However this is still a chick and egg problem, if it is much more expensive to drive cars, then people will choose to live near to the cities (even better-off people). Then mass transit can be developed. The communities inside the city or near to the city will then be developed. Again this will help to build up the public transport. I know this is not what people want here though. So gas/petrol price will continue to be low in US and the government will still need to find a way to keep the gas/petrol price low until some alternative energy source can be good enough to replace oil. I doubt that will happen any time soon. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist