While tripping merrily through the mail, Steve Brack was overheard
 SB> It would be interesting to see how those stats break down.
 SB> Are all the hidden costs of auto travel, such as the health
 SB> costs of air pollution, the costs related to the increased
 SB> accident rates resulting from traffic congestion, and the cost
 SB> in lost real-estate opportunities and increased construction
 SB> costs that come from having to accomodate thousands of private
 SB> cars at major attractions.  There's more to the cost of
 SB> private automobiles than the cost of building & maintaining
 SB> roads.
But don't forget to SUBTRACT all the money that the automobile puts back 
INTO the economy, all the jobs that are generated by the automobile and
it's related industries.
I seem to recall reading once that back in 1900 1 out of every five
workers in the country worked for the railroads.  I just can't see that
kind of growth in the rail industry replacing the jobs lost by decreased
dependence on the automobile.
Don
... Stop that man! He's thinking!
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