[oclug] Parking for Aug Meeting

[Patrick Leckey]

Yeah Brad.  I too was miffed by "road congestion".  Last I checked, those
paved roads out there were designed and built to be driven on.  Seems
logical to me that there would be cars on them.  That's just me though.

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[mailto:oclug-admin at lists.oclug.on.ca]On Behalf Of Brad Barnett
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:21 AM
To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
Subject: Re: [oclug] Parking for Aug Meeting


Quoting Taavi Burns <tburns at ualberta.ca>:

> On Wed, 1 Aug 2001 bbarnett at L8R.net wrote:
> > On 01-Aug-2001 Brett Delmage wrote:
> > > Of course you could just avoid all this hassle, and walk, ride your
> bike
> > > or take the bus instead!
> > You will need to be prepared for the day when non-polluting cars are a
> reality.
> >  I have friends that can council you when your life's work has lost
> meaning.
>
> Pollution is not the only negative impact cars have on society.  The
> noise
> pollution (still present when internal combustions engines are
> eliminated) and road congestion they cause are nearly as serious.
>

I guess you haven't heard an electric car, although the engine isn't the
only
problem, true.  There is still noise from the electric engine (although
about
1/10th of the norm), but the brakes, horns and other noises a car spews
forth
still do exist ;).  Still, with the current size of the roads, if the cars
become 1/2 as noisy, most people alive today would probably be awed at how
quiet
it had gotten.

As for road congestion?  Just build more roads ;).  I've heard the prattle
about
how urban sprawl is a bad thing, but I disagree.  We should be living as far
away from each other as possible.

Anyhow the biggest problem by far with cars IS the pollution.  Others are
tiny
in comparision to the smog alerts, and so on.




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