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- From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
- Subject: Re: Emissions Inspections, is new really be
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:59:23 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.234437.5837@claven.ucar.edu> woods@claven.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) writes:
- >I think we are into an area here that is largely a matter of opinion,
- >but I believe that practically all of the problems associated with cars
- >are due to the fact that every individual has to drive.
-
- Certainly, if hardly anyone drove, these problems would be reduced.
- However, that doesn't make the extreme and sweeping solution the
- best one. The best solution, clearly, is the one that intrudes least
- on people's lives (unless you think the purpose of government is
- to control people and direct their lives, for their own good... Certainly
- our government was chartered and intended to intrude on individual
- rights and choices as little as possible.)
-
- >...I really don't
- >think these problems will be permanetly solved until we come up with
- >some kind of transportation system (public or private) that does not
- >require everyone to control their own individual vehicle.
-
- I'm not sure what will permanently solve these problems, but I think
- major, intrusive efforts (i.e. taxing gas to the point where no one
- can afford to drive) should only be used when we _know_ less repressive
- options will not work _and_ that some solution is vitally required.
-
- >I think most
- >of your proposed actions above would HELP (although some of them
- >may be beyond our economic capabilities right now), but they address what I
- >consider to be the SYMPTOMS of the problems, not the root cause.
- >It's rather like taking a sore throat lozenge to cure strep. It
- >may FEEL better on the surface, but the real problem is not addressed.
-
- However, you don't always _need_ to address the root causes of the
- problem: If the problem doesn't get worse, and the symptoms are
- delt with, who cares about the root cause? (Would you worry about
- having a disease that wasn't contagious, didn't threaten your
- life or health, and had no noticable symptoms?)
-
- Frank Crary
- CU Boulder
-