There was a documentary aired on Tuesday night on ABC1 called The Cars that Ate China. It was about the rising automobile industry in China, now the second largest in the World and soon to be the biggest. I didn't think it possible, but the madness in the West for the love of the motorcar as a status symbol and a dangerous toy for young hooligans is being surpassed by the Chinese. Given the large Chinese population, the already chronic air pollution in Chinese cities and the competition for scarce resources, the prospects for the World economy and environment are chilling. [ ABCs program summary ]
The show raises the issue of man's strange relationship with the motorcar. In one scene in the Cars that Ate China there is a shot of a man seemingly having sex with his car. Not to be outdone, it was reported today (31 Jul 08) in Australia's Northern Territory News, that a man filmed himself speeding at 150kmh while masturbating at the wheel of his drug-laden car. Really! I thought this was a pretty unusual story until I 'Googled' it. Apparently such behaviour is quite common in the Western World, especially in the good old US of A.
In the interests of safety and the good of the planet, the motorcar should be sexed down. Let us produce only drab, utilitarian, efficent, low speed vehicles. After all a motor vehicle is merely a means of transport powered by a device that converts energy from some natural source into mechanical energy. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]
That's all it is guys!!!
The show raises the issue of man's strange relationship with the motorcar. In one scene in the Cars that Ate China there is a shot of a man seemingly having sex with his car. Not to be outdone, it was reported today (31 Jul 08) in Australia's Northern Territory News, that a man filmed himself speeding at 150kmh while masturbating at the wheel of his drug-laden car. Really! I thought this was a pretty unusual story until I 'Googled' it. Apparently such behaviour is quite common in the Western World, especially in the good old US of A.
In the interests of safety and the good of the planet, the motorcar should be sexed down. Let us produce only drab, utilitarian, efficent, low speed vehicles. After all a motor vehicle is merely a means of transport powered by a device that converts energy from some natural source into mechanical energy. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]
That's all it is guys!!!
2 comments:
Yes! China and the old US& A, the culprit the roots of all evil! and we glorified them
Totally agree - a car is simply a tool for getting from A to B Nothing motre Nothing Less. For too long we have worshipped at the alter that is the private vehicle. Oil (the last vestiges of ancient sunlight) is gradually going and we will have to learn to live with increased energy prices. the longer I live the more I think That Bob Brown is the only bloke that talks any sense around here.
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