Mr. DNA hit the nail right on the head. I had never thought about it how people just can't see how biking to get around is so much fun since they hate doing errands and commuting by car so much.

I think the main problem this country has is a population that is so completely lazy. We have harnessed the easiest to obtain and consume energy source emaginable: fossil fules. If you look at history you will see that we have always wanted work that was not our own, because those who could drain work from another source better than the next guy would prosper. Look at slave labor, it is harnessing other human's work for your own prosperity, same with animal labor.

It is an interesting concept that is covered in the book "Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrialized Society" which is a good read if anyone is interested.

People (most) do things because they are easier, plain and simple. It is the driven ones who don't do things because they are easier that have changed the world. It is the people who want the easiest route who are the followers, because doing something hard is usually doing something different. Doing something just for the fact it is a challange makes someone more of a leader in this respect IMO. Peace.