"Joel Kolstad" wrote in message
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Although I understand the reasoning behind it, it's quite ironic how many
people out there who live within an arguably quite reasonable bikable
distance to their place of employment instead drive to work and then drive
to a fitness club afterwards to work out. :-) Although I am all for
people
using their cars as much as they want so long as fuel taxes or whatever
more
or less make up for the impact to the environment, but unfortunately it's
hard to translate that impact into monetary terms.

Yeah, like how many dollars in gas tax have to go into a politician's
pocket to save 1 acre of spotted owl habitat? Is that how that works?

Thanks,
Rich