Fortunately, I don't live in a city where the air is ever that bad, but I have bicycled in China where the air was so bad that it knocked me into bed for three days with aching lungs. I feel sorry for Atlanans.
It is ironic that the very cause of the pollution (combustion engine automobiles) is exactly what people are forced into using due to the unbearable conditions OUTSIDE the automobile. The problem compounds and the hope for a simple solution is lost.
Clearly, the combustion engine is the heroin of modern transportation. You can't live without it, but it will eventually kill you.
Last edited by mike; 06-11-02 at 05:19 AM.