[sustran] Re: On leading edge

[Daryl Oster]

Carlos,

That expanding edge is what has enabled us all to be able to communicate
across thousands of miles, if you don't appreciate the additional choices
the leading edge has implemented, why haven’t you permanently returned to
the Stone Age?   Transportation advances enabled the miracles of electricity
and electronic communications.   ETT will enable 50 times or more
transportation for a given energy input than trains, planes, and cars; AND
it is partly the internet and computers that are enabling ETT.  True there
will eventually be problems that ETT will be unable to surmount, perhaps by
then we will be able to "beam up" to a earth colonized living Mars. 

BTW, our transportation and communication tools enable us to enjoy using our
muscles to swim, bike, kayak, etc. for enjoyment rather than basic survival.
ETT is able to sustainable offer those benefits to the entire world's
population.  Why do so many on this group begrudge this potential?

Daryl Oster
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sustran-discuss-bounces+et3=et3.com at list.jca.apc.org
> [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+et3=et3.com at list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of
> Carlos Felipe Pardo
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 8:25 PM
> To: 'Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport'
> Subject: [sustran] On leading edge
> 
> 
> I always wondered why people still think about leading edge technologies,
> when I guess we’ve found that the supposed “edge” has brought us more
> trouble than any other thing. I have to say that I sometimes dream of
> speed and technology (basically, they are materialized in Internet and my
> laptop), but the bicycle ride to work every morning (in a congested city,
> fighting taxis and buses) may prove more overwhelming than the “leading
> edge” BMW with ABS, GPS and 0-60 in 5 s.
> I hope we all remember that we were born with feet and muscles, and that
> it’s very interesting to use them to get from one place to another every
> day. Long live usable legs, bicycles and short distances.
> 
> Merry Christmas and happy New Year. And happy birthday, just in case.
> 
> 
> Carlos F. Pardo
> cpardo at cable.net.co
> (+573) 00 268 1389
> (+571) 310 6218
> Cr 4 # 66-54
> Bogotá- Colombia
> 
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