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Originally Posted by Psycho Dad
First. Do we really need the government outlawing things of this nature? Would these same people be ok with outlawing homes over a certain square footage or determining the number of children a family can have? I'd rather my government support the search for alternative energy sources that we should have been working on in the 70s instead of giving the government more power to abuse.
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Alternative energy is just a good idea to begin with. If the engine size plays as little to do with economy as you suggest, then I'll let someone else argue it.
Since living in Europe and seeing how crowded it is here, I could understand making laws that determine the size of one's house, else paying higher taxes. The population explosion
E5D predicts isn't just a pipe-dream. It is already happening. We have disasters, and droughts, and rising food prices and starving kids. Maybe the government should limit the number of kids families are having. These observations are entirely off topic.
Since being here in Europe, I have come to love the public transportation system, and have used it extensively. I feel a good start in the States should be building a better- meaning cleaner and further reaching- public transportation system. From what I read in places like New York and Chicago, the subways are at a critical problem: the more people on the subway means less people are driving, which means people are buying less gasoline, which means the State collects less taxes on gas, which means the State has less money to spend towards subways.