yes, the car is a great improvement because its pollution is not halted by
the 6th floor, but can spread for miles.
on the other hand, it proved easier to re-engineer the car for lower
emissions than a horse. with new cloning and genetic modifications, perhaps
the horse will make a return. this time, please make it require no feeding
at 5:30AM every day, have seating for four, and, of course, more than 1
horsepower.
-james creasy, reporting from the Republic of Berkeley
----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Hale <dhale_510@yahoo.com>
To: ba autox <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 8:16 AM
> >Imagine how much "pollution" we would have if
> everybody rode horses instead of driving cars.
> The air might be cleaner, but the ground sure would
> not!
>
> An author named Theodore Dreiser wrote about New York
> City at the turn of the last century and described
> this problem. His hero [the book entitled The Genius
> as I recall] was a very lucky man since his family was
> wealthy enough to afford an "penthouse", that is a
> place to live above the sixth floor. Lucky because
> below that level the manure dust cloud shortened your
> life span to below 40. The author was simply stating
> facts and setting the scene, no "agenda", very like
> Michener not Hemmingway.
> Arguable the automobile is one of the most effective
> pollution elimination machines ever invented. Betcha
> don't get that from your 'Zerkely prof!
>
> =====
> Dennis Hale
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