Cars
Despite their contribution to untold roadway carnage, resource wars, endless sprawl, consumer dystopia (big box stores, strip malls, parking lots, fast food "restaurants," etc.) road rage, and so many other cultural catastrophes, private motor vehicles remain the dominant transportation mode in Portland, Oregon.
Autopoetic
- cars rock a lot.
- now if only more ran on e85...
- using cellulosic ethanol...
- some run on biodiesel
- there are even electric cars now!
- - by Michael
News Links
- American Automobile Glut? Unsold Cars Are Piling Up
- Unsold Cars
- Unsold Cars Around The World
- Where the World's Unsold Cars Go To Die
Drivers Not Wanted
- Over the past hundred years, as automobiles have been woven into the fabric of our daily lives, our legal system has undermined public safety, and we’ve been collectively trained to think of these deaths as unavoidable “accidents” or acts of God. Today, despite the efforts of major public-health agencies and grassroots safety campaigns, few are aware that car crashes are the number one cause of death for Americans under 35.