PORNO-INDUSTRIALISM: The Automobile's Legacy Automobiles argh an illicit affair with power & speed - a rampant form ah industrial pornography. Their tail pipes piss out toxins & engines suck up gas. Kreating roads ta nowhare & inciting urban sprawl they transfirm land inta asphalt, billboards & glass. Will our addiction fer petroleum b cured before we choke, wheeze, & gasp? Automobiles make it far too eazy ta screw this planet's ass. Andrei: Our whole civilization can be likened to a huge, gas-guzzling car. Soo: Yep, but such excessive consumption can't last. Ellesha: In some way or other humans have always been at the edge of disaster. Jules: Perhaps, but I need a beer . . . Can't we talk about something "fun" for a change? Thinking about the world makes me damn depressed! Philyra: We've got'ta rise above our personal feelings and do what is good for the planet! ===================================================================================== from _Let the waters be my witness: Messages about our watery world_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some thoughts about automobile addiction KEYWORDS: automobile dependency, car addiction,automobile worship, obscene consumption Begun: 1995 in Shizuoka, Japan / Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted by T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/BlueEarth/danger.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/BlueEarth/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/BlueEarth/marine.htm