23 June 2008

Is This the 20th or 21st Century?

McCain is thinking like it is still the 20th century. He thinks the solution to high gas prices is a better car battery and subsidies for ethanol. Does his proposal attempt to solve the problem, or only the symptom? Are gas prices the problem, or is our auto-dependent sprawling pattern of development and lack of public transit the real problem? Ethanol and electric cars are only treating the symptoms, IMO.

2 comments:

  1. Matt23/6/08 2:52 PM

    I think it's a step in the right direction (for our current habits), but obviously rail is where our habits should be. I really wish he would commit full force to it.

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  2. WestEnder23/6/08 2:59 PM

    Good point about problems vs. symptoms. The analogy I often use is that it's like treating hemophilia by investing in more band-aids rather than research.

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