Goodbye, Flying Pigeon

Luigi de Guzman said:

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The PRC has now embraced the automobile culture.

The "true bastion of iron" will soon no longer be the
masses, but a fuel-gulper SUV.

This was to be predicted, of course.

Don't be glum, chum. Remember that almost everything you buy
nowadays is made in China. Remember also that they hold
about half of this country's T-bills.

In a free global marketplace, they will be able to outbid US
oil companies for petroleum. Is that a bad thing?

At worst, the US will become a nation of bicycles and
rickshaws in teeming cities, something that shouldn't sadden
you. Meanwhile, the Chinese will inherit the health problems
that go along with the SUV culture you decry and they will
become their own worst enemies.

At best, American ingenuity will come up with a substitute
for fossil energy utilizing renewable resources independent
of the snake-pit that the Middle East will become when we
cut and run after kerry's election. Using this new energy
source, the US will remain a superpower.

Either way, it looks like you win.

Luigi de Guzman said:

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Quoted message said:

The PRC has now embraced the automobile culture.

I was doing okay until I got to here.

===
"It gave me the feeling that my husband really loves me,"
she says, looking ahead to the day she can park it in the
driveway in front of her newly renovated home,
===

Ick. I'm sure that would play well in any modern car
commercial.

Quoted message said:

The "true bastion of iron" will soon no longer be the
masses, but a fuel-gulper SUV.

Just because they are having plenty of time to see us make
(what you and I consider) really dumb mistakes. Doesn't mean
that they'll learn from us and not do truly bone-headed
things exactly like us.

Quoted message said:

This was to be predicted, of course.

Excuse me while I go rinse my mouth out. Something has left
a bad taste in it.

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