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4. In California, like elsewhere inside the US, there is no alternative to the car.

The mass transit grid in the United States could only really be described as decrepit.

The Soviet Union probably had a better mass transit grid than this.

If the United States spent one-fifth as much on mass transit as it does on the defense budget, this country would have a world-class mass transit grid on par with countries such as Germany, France, or Japan.

But we'd rather continue subsidizing oil companies like Exxon-Mobil or BP-Amoco or ConocoPhillips or any other major oil companies in exchange for cheap gasoline. Oh ... wait!!!

They own our politicians. Our whole energy policy is skewed towards fossil fuels because our elections are privately funded, and the rich have a competitive advantage here, and they also own the major news networks and can bend the message.