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|    Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Phi to Alan Baker    |
|    Re: Myth: The motor car is the ultimate     |
|    10 Dec 14 10:00:47    |
      From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com              On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:36:17 AM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:       > On 2014-12-10 02:26:06 +0000, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher       said:       >       > >>>>> Common, welcome to the real world. Once you depend on two buses, you       > >>>>> are grounded. The boss must be very tolerant of punctuality.       > >>>>       > >>>> So your standard is that it must be possible to get anywhere by taking       > >>>> a single bus (or transit vehicle)???       > >>>>       > >>>> Seriously?       > >>>>       > >>>> LOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLLOL       > >>>       > >>> No, no, no...       > >>>       > >>> You are reading me wrong. The best combination is that of bicycling and       > >>> public transportation. When the bus fails you to take off on the bike.       > >>>       > >>> That's assuming the bus has a rack. Yes, that works here.       > >>       > >> And you think this is actually going to be a good solution for most       people????       > >>       > >> Tell me: how many bikes fit on the racks of one of your buses? It's       > >> nowhere near enough for even a third of the passengers to have a bike,       > >> is it?       > >       > > 2-3 bikes. Many more in the train.       > >       > > But the revolution is about solutions. Get a folding bike.       >       > So spend even more.       >       > You DO realize that in most cities, public transit prices would       > skyrocket if it weren't for the subsidization of the cost...       >       > ...by the people who are driving the cars...       >       > ...right?              Well, it may be said gas prices are subsidized, given all the wars that go       into keeping the supplies going and the environmental damage they cause.              But no, I find public transportation rather expensive in comparison.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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