It is sobering to realize that the USA does not have an infra structure that is sustainable in the face of global warming. The current infrastructure of roads and highways arranged with industrial areas separated by long distances from gated communities and urban living areas, is not sustainable. It was created when gasoline was inexpensive and plentiful. There was no concept of global warming, or the use of automobiles dramatically changing the Earth's climate system and environment. Continued use of the automobile will make much of the Earth uninhabitable, and yet we cannot help but use the automobile because of the design of our cities and industrial areas. A little thought and reflection will reveal the likely probability that the entire infrastructure of the entire USA of roads and highways separating housing developments from industrial centers by long travel distances is not sustainable and cannot be preserved into the centuries ahead.
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William Schaeffer
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