Moreover, nobody seems to care for the lives saved by the faster speeds. In my personal commute, I save several minutes a day at the higher limit, and the minutes add up to well over an hour of additional time per month.
We cannot conserve our way to prosperity especially by zero-sum thinking disguised as conservation. Remember: American is the land of Opportunity, not Limits.
Buckwheat, that's one of my biggest problems with enviromarxism. They preach scarcity over prosperity. Their's is a pessimistic, cynical, negative outlook.
It's like there's a broad, global movement towards Jimmy Carter's malaise. I prefer Reagan's optimism.
This brings to mind the infamous wager between Julian Simon and Paul Erhlich. We need a Julian Simon today. The closest we've got is John Stossel.
I'm an optimist about everything surrounding the human spirit, which makes me a pessimist about everything surrounding government. Government smothers the human spirit.
Like my favorite beer, some government is beneficial and tastes good. Too much government may feel pretty good in the short term, but will leave you sick and hung over. Out of control government can kill you.