Comments on: Cars and the Economy – Liberating ourselves from the bondage of “common knowledge” http://carbusters.org/2010/01/10/cars-and-the-economy-%e2%80%93-liberating-ourselves-from-the-bondage-of-%e2%80%9ccommon-knowledge%e2%80%9d/ JOURNAL OF THE CARFREE MOVEMENT Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:07:10 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David http://carbusters.org/2010/01/10/cars-and-the-economy-%e2%80%93-liberating-ourselves-from-the-bondage-of-%e2%80%9ccommon-knowledge%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-458 David Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:15:23 +0000 http://carbusters.org/?p=1132#comment-458 Frederik Pohl wrote a collection of stories on this theme, collected in the book: "The Man who ate the World". The Waging of the Peace, in particular, highlights this cycle of consume, consume, consume. The collection came out in 1960... Frederik Pohl wrote a collection of stories on this theme, collected in the book: “The Man who ate the World”.

The Waging of the Peace, in particular, highlights this cycle of consume, consume, consume.

The collection came out in 1960…

]]> By: Marco Fioretti http://carbusters.org/2010/01/10/cars-and-the-economy-%e2%80%93-liberating-ourselves-from-the-bondage-of-%e2%80%9ccommon-knowledge%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Marco Fioretti Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:02:28 +0000 http://carbusters.org/?p=1132#comment-421 "is there not something odd about building cars not for transport but for job creation?" It's not just odd, it's crazy, thanks for saying it. This is the same concept I've expressed in an article about the current FIAT plant crisis in Sicily, titled "What should we do with the cars made in Termini Imerese?" You can read that article at http://stop.zona-m.net/node/54 Thanks again for this piece! Marco “is there not something odd about building cars not for transport but for job creation?”

It’s not just odd, it’s crazy, thanks for saying it. This is the same concept I’ve expressed in an article about the current FIAT plant crisis in Sicily, titled “What should we do with the cars made in Termini Imerese?”

You can read that article at http://stop.zona-m.net/node/54

Thanks again for this piece!

Marco

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