driving theory
yesterday i went back to my driving school. each class is 5 hours and there are 5 classes, for a total of 25 hours in class. there really isn't that much to talk about so my instructor discusses many things. one of our activities was to draw a list of automobile pros and cons. one of my cons was fossil fuel depletion, which i shared with the class. to my surprise my instructor responded with "i don't think that's true". not true? i was deep in thought when i heard him move on to the next con, cars cause death. fine. cars have caused more deaths than all wars combined... really? then he cites the casualties of WWI and WWII combined... a number i have yet to come across... 120,000 deaths in those two wars, combined, with WWI responsible for about 80% of that figure. and my favourite theory, if and when we run out of gasoline the car will be replaced with, wait for it... horse and buggy again!