Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

Well, since Digital Rights Management is dreaming and since someone already
mentioned the evil corporations and their profit motives, I think I'll pick
up there.

If the evil Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse and their respective
empires hadn't repressed the brilliant work of one Mr. Tesla, we'd all have
free power without wires right now and we wouldn't have to worry about ice
storms and tree mangling power company right of ways.



----- Original Message -----
From: "David R. Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org>
To: <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] New Poplarism


> yeah, the electric wires over and above my house are an eyesore, too.
> and occasionally a pain in the a** when they all get ripped off by
> haphazard free-growing trees!   i push for a new form of "Tree
> Efficient" Urbanism, where there is less chance of a million people
> losing power for a week.
>
> we could either:
> A: hack down all the trees (don't think the granolas would go for this)
> -or-
> B: maybe spend the extra dough to put this ugly/dangerous crap
> underground?
>
> ah well.  one can dream...
> /drm
>
> On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 04:48  PM, Victor Minton wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I believe GM was more interested in replacing trolleys with buses,
> > rather
> > then selling cars during the great Depression..  Buses were perceived
> > to be
> > more flexible, more modern and did not require dedicated lanes in urban
> > areas. The overhead electric wires were considered eyesores as well.
> >
> > Different times,
> >
> > Vic Minton
>
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