Let's Put the Automotive Age Behind Us

Train of the Future
Originally uploaded by brooklynparrot

I am sickened by the idea that U.S. taxpayers will soon bail out the auto industry, which -- along with collaborators in the rubber and petroleum industries -- has done more damage to rational transportation in the U.S. than almost any other factor.

Railroads are far more efficient, leave a smaller carbon footprint, take up very little space relative to highways, and deserve -- finally -- to be given their chance to compete. Let's build the true costs of transportation and ecological destruction into cars and see how they compete.

More Photos From My Lost Century

The weather was terrible yesterday, so I refrained from visiting the wild parrots. Instead, I spent all day on Flickr uploading some of my old photos. They depict a world that has disappeared completely but persists in memory and on film. Enjoy. Steve Baldwin.

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