[extropy-chat] Public Transportation (was suitcase nukes)

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Bret Kulakovich <bret at bonfireproductions.com> wrote:
> 
> And with the new 2005 sedans averaging 200+ horsepower - I think we 
> need to start hitting these excessives with some sort of additional 
> tax. (There. I said it. And me of all people.)
> 
> Because the average commuter rail train comes out to 3 horsepower per
> rider, and the average sedan on the highway is carrying one person, 
> perhaps 2.

Imagine if people said that about computer megaflops. Rights aren't
about needs.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


		
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