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I've got nothing against cars themselves. It's the fuel on which they run that's causing the problem. A more appropriate argument would be against the continued use of fossil fuels. There are already cars that run on alternative fuels like ethanol, which is much less harmful to the environment. They just haven't become widely popular yet.

I look at this Global Warming thing and see many possibilities and scary future problems. Because of the way that nature has the strange ability to heal itself and we as humans have evolved to survive no matter what, I would say no. But also there is the health of our future generations and the Earth they will live on. That makes me think that we should go ahead and delay, if not prevent, the problem as long as possible. While I do not know what to do, I would take the most attractive side of the deal. Either drive and find a way of survival for my grandchildren, or don't drive and let everybody enjoy the same Earth that I have minus the driving. I know that this is difficult advice, but I hope that it might help people to decide whether to live the luxuries that might prevent the future on Earth for others, or to (what could be called control yourselves) so that the luxury of life can stay a luxury. neutral

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sweatdrop uh oh. people are going nuts! joke!

uhhmmm... i do know that cars contribute to pollution. but what can we do?when people walk or to the times when people ride horses? cars are necessities. it makes life easier.
besides, there are other ways to help mother nature. for once, you can stop using chlorofluorocarbons or CFC's. that would mean not using your airconditioning. but that would suck right?

We don't have CFC's in the air conditioners anymore, to my knowledge.

As well, for the first post, It is not really a good point you made. We all know that needless driving is pretty bad for the environment and your pockets. You may have said that people could use public transport more or buy the energy efficient cars.

And you also said that walking or using horsepower is much more environment friendly and I get the point you're trying to make but we have much more people than that time and happen to be in extremly different situations. We have much more people, for one.

You also can't just get the positive effects of technology without acquiring some of the negative ones too. The tele and the computer are both examples of this and so are cars.

I think that we should, as some of you have said, use public transport, continue to push alternative fuels, walk if the distance isn't far, or even take a bike. It al;l depend where you live I guess. So Cal is warm and dry more often, so, I see no problem with not using a car to get places, because I'm not getting snowed on. cars should only be used for long distances.