Den 29. sep. 2006 kl. 22.09 skrev frank theriault: > On 9/29/06, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A fine answer, Frank. Reasonable and right. For you. >> All depends on where you live and your life style, doesn't it? > > It surely does. > >> If you happen to live in a city/community that has excellent public >> transportation, if you're not married or have a steady...etc. >> There are especially times in inclement weather (you certainly >> know about >> that!) that one needs covered transportation. For convenience, if >> not for your >> health! > > You are correct, sir! > >> Yes, there are alternatives in a city with good transportation. >> Unquestionably. >> A blown apart city like Los Angeles, with good distances between >> everything, >> requires you either grossly restructure your life to avoid the >> need to drive >> an IC-engined vehicle. >> Our public transportation covers the more popular corridors pretty >> well. >> But, many of the places you (I) want to go are well off that/those >> corridors... > > Agreed. > >> I think I could function very well in London or a London-styled >> city. Public >> transportation there is pure joy to a Los Angelean! <grin> > > I'm lucky in that I've lived in two large cities (Toronto and > Montreal) that each have very good public transportation systems. I > recognize that (a) not all urbanites are so lucky, and (b) living in a > small town often means that a car is a daily necessity. > > Personally (and this isn't backed up by any empirical evidence that I > know of), I think that nature has a great capacity to rid the air of > toxins, so that in rural areas, for instance, motor vehicles have much > less of an effect on the environment, as the trees (or whatever) > aren't overwhelmed and can "do their job" of cleaning crap out of the > air. > > However, in urban areas - which are overloaded with cars, and have > much less green space to cleanse the air - nature is simply > overwhelmed, and pollution happens. It sort of reaches a "critical > mass", and then not much can be done about it. > > Does that make sense? (I fear I'm not being very articulate or > coherent...)
It does, to some degree, but the situation is a little more complicated. Oslo is not very large, it´s got a lot of trees, but it is placed in a valley and in cold still winter weather the warm polluted air is locked under a lid of cold air so it does not get out. Some days in winter we have the worst air in Europe. I think the real problem is that people don´t live in the area they work. DagT http://dag.foto.no Beware of internet links. You never know what is on the other side. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
