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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Vast numbers of automobiles with 2 or 3 or more cars per household;
long commutes of single drivers; horrible freeway congestion; urban sprawl; loss of farmland and wilderness resources; the decay of cities and the takeover of large areas of our cities by lawless gangs; obesity caused by everyone eating at fast food joints; dependence on foreign oil; global warming; pollution; filth, crud, corruption; hundreds of thousands dead in traffic accidents; the closure of local airports because of expanding city growth: All of these problems can be traced to the rise of the superhighway. We built it, and everybody moved out of town in an ever-increasing spiral of flight to a chimera of utopian suburbia. The only people left in the cities were a few of the very rich who understood city life and a lot of the extremely poor and desperate. People forgot their responsibility to their fellow man because their fellow man who needed help now lived in that awful place fifty miles away. City parks were taken over by drug users and prostitutes because they were the only ones left. Schools, well, schools were simply abandoned to their fate. The only reason people really live so far from where the work is because of the freeway. They thought they would be happy out there, but demonstrably they are not. So they keep moving further away, never finding happiness, dragging the culture and amenities of the city behind them. They wanted to live in quiet farmland, but they wanted shopping like they had in the city, so they built huge shopping malls and then complained that it was too much like the city and moved even further away. They didn't like nosy people telling them how to live in the city, so they moved to neighborhoods with restrictive covenants and complained. It is madness. Much of the only land available was near small town airports, so they demanded that the airports be closed and developed into more suburbs or golf courses. The trains were shut down as freight was transferred to the new railroad of the freeways as trucks pulled entire chains of trailers behind them across country. It is time to reverse this trend! Vote no on new freeways! Vote no even for maintenance! Elect people who will dynamite the freeways! Elect incompetents who will allow the freeways to die of well-deserved neglect! Here in Washington State we have been doing that for decades, but only half-heartedly. Now is the time to finish the job! When people realize that suburbia is not the answer, they will move back to the cities where they will be happier and those who have to live and work in the hinterland and remain behind will be happier. Automobile usage will be cut by more than half, along with its attendant use of petroleum. Of course, those who still live out in the sticks will need some other way to get around. This will be the rail lines, just like in the old days, or they will fly, as God intended. New airports will spring up like flowers after a rain. Flight instructors will be busy. The little planes will no longer bother anybody because everyone will realize they are necessary. Aircraft manufacturers will finally have the incentive to innovate and produce airplanes in reasonable numbers. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
On Oct 13, 3:33 pm, C J Campbell
wrote: Of course, those who still live out in the sticks will need some other way to get around. This will be the rail lines, just like in the old days, or they will fly, as God intended. New airports will spring up like flowers after a rain. Flight instructors will be busy. The little planes will no longer bother anybody because everyone will realize they are necessary. Aircraft manufacturers will finally have the incentive to innovate and produce airplanes in reasonable numbers. Sounds good to me. -- Gene Seibel Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html Because I fly, I envy no one. |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Sounds good to me.
Me, too. I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile (round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as my next vehicle. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
In rec.aviation.owning Jay Honeck wrote:
Sounds good to me. Me, too. I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile (round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as my next vehicle. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" A trip to a client site is typically 50 miles one way for me. Thankfully I can do a lot of things remotely. The last time I was able to walk to work was in the Army. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Of course, those who still live out in the sticks will need some other way to get around. This will be the rail lines, just like in the old days, or they will fly, as God intended. New airports will spring up like flowers after a rain. Flight instructors will be busy. The little planes will no longer bother anybody because everyone will realize they are necessary. Aircraft manufacturers will finally have the incentive to innovate and produce airplanes in reasonable numbers. If by little planes you mean 4 seaters and such, then I doubt that they will ever become reliable means of private transport like the car. Even with an instrument rating it would require a high level of skill, confidence and time commitment on part of the pilot to use a little airplane regularly for commuting. Besides, no matter how many airports spring up, there still remains the problem of getting from the airport to the work place and back. If more and more employers and employees work together to find ways to work remotely from home, it would reduce automobile usage to an extent. |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
In article . com,
Jay Honeck wrote: Sounds good to me. Me, too. I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile (round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as my next vehicle. Just a note if you ever consider a gas/electric hybrid, with such a short commute you probably won't see the book gas mileage because the engine needs to warm up before it will shutoff while driving. -- Bob Noel (goodness, please trim replies!!!) |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Just a note if you ever consider a gas/electric hybrid, with such a short
commute you probably won't see the book gas mileage because the engine needs to warm up before it will shutoff while driving. Nah, I want a pure electric vehicle. Plug & play. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize GeneralAviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
How about that flying car thing? Was it something like Moller?
Scott http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Gotta Fly or Gonna Die Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version wrote: Besides, no matter how many airports spring up, there still remains the problem of getting from the airport to the work place and back. |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize GeneralAviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Jay Honeck wrote:
Just a note if you ever consider a gas/electric hybrid, with such a short commute you probably won't see the book gas mileage because the engine needs to warm up before it will shutoff while driving. Nah, I want a pure electric vehicle. Plug & play. That is plug and PAY, Jay, plug and PAY. And given our impending shortage of electrical generation capacity, people who move this direction are going to pay dearly in 10-15 years .... unless they can ramp up the nuclear power plants a lot faster than I think they can. Matt |
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