CHAPTER 2
Love for Cars
Passionate and Fickle
Don’t trust statistics you didn’t fake yourself.
—POPULAR SAYING
We are about to reach the seventh generation since the invention of the automobile, and we have to admit that our forebears have done a rather bad job. Although we no longer suffocate in horse manure, we do suffocate in car exhaust fumes, and we have never before been as dependent on our vehicles as we are now. Cars caused us to plan cities for vehicles, not for humans.
We are constantly reminded that a car is a symbol of freedom and that we are a nation of car enthusiasts. Cars are a standard conversation starter, a topic on which everyone ...
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