The interesting thing might be what do we consider advanced compared to what people living in the countries mentioned think as advanced? In the US technology is considered king in advancement. Going to the moon, space flight, nuclear powered war ships. We even used to buy motorcycles that were too big for Japan from Japan.
Because we have viewed technology as the answer one has to wonder how a low tech solution will go over in a high tech country that is much larger and more entrenched in the car culture than the Danish ever were?
I just have a sneaky suspicion our friends and neighbors who have voted with their wallets when it comes to automotive development and infrastructure will continue to do so in the foreseeable future.
We not only gave the green light to the automotive revolution in the US we embraced it as the salvation from the past and the road to the future. The Japanese may be even worse than we are. Who do you know that doesn’t have a cell phone or a computer with internet access? When I was in Japan they had more gadgets than I had ever seen even in magazines.
I think it is a good question that gerv asked. It may just be how we educate our children and our culture about technology and its place in our daily life.