36 6 Impact Issues - Traffic Jam flood of xxxxx congestion public transportation subsidize residential commercial industrial urban planning social engineering hybrid vehicles fuel consumption ethanol What do you think of Singapore’s solution to their traffic problem? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Would this solution work in Osaka or Tokyo? Why or why not? Are you planning to own a car? Why or why not? Do we have the “right” to own and drive our own cars? Do you think the automobile era is over? What is the future for automobiles and privately owned vehicles? Would this be a better world if there were no cars? What are the current cutting edge technologies to reduce automobile fuel consumption and pollution? Driving in Brazil http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1733872,00.html Bangkok Traffic http://thecityfix.com/the-worlds-worst-traffic/ Driving Green http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/Wcyd.do http://www.greenercars.org/drivinggreen.html Public transportation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport Talking Heads, Nothing But Flowers (song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOEIRI5HSuQ (nothing But) Flowers Here we stand Like an Adam and an Eve Waterfalls The Garden of Eden Two fools in love So beautiful and strong The birds in the trees Are smiling upon them From the age of the dinosaurs Cars have run on gasoline Where, where have they gone? Now, it’s nothing but flowers There was a factory Now there are mountains and rivers you got it, you got it We caught a rattlesnake Now we got something for dinner we got it, we got it There was a shopping mall Now it’s all covered with flowers you’ve got it, you’ve got it If this is paradise I wish I had a lawnmower you’ve got it, you’ve got it Years ago I was an angry young man I’d pretend That I was a billboard Standing tall By the side of the road I fell in love With a beautiful highway This used to be real estate Now it’s only fields and trees Where, where is the town Now, it’s nothing but flowers The highways and cars Were sacrificed for agriculture I thought that we’d start over But I guess I was wrong Once there were parking lots Now it’s a peaceful oasis you got it, you got it This was a Pizza Hut Now it’s all covered with daisies you got it, you got it I miss the honky tonks, Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens you got it, you got it And as things fell apart Nobody paid much attention you got it, you got it I dream of cherry pies, Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies you got it, you got it We used to microwave Now we just eat nuts and berries you got it, you got it This was a discount store, Now it’s turned into a cornfield you got it, you got it Don’t leave me stranded here I can’t get used to this lifestyle