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Tuesday, April 29. 2008
War Propaganda On Driving Habits
I came across this awesome war propaganda poster about driving habits.
It's kind of ironic looking back at this. At the time, World War II was being waged as a total war, which meant every resource was going to the war effort. To help that war effort, it probably meant people using car sharing as a way to conserve gasoline, and as a way to conserve raw materials needed to build/maintain cars.
I wonder how long before we go back to that type of thinking when it comes to transportation and cars given the insanely high oil prices, the associated environmental costs, and the fact that petrodollars help sponsor terrorism and nasty regimes.
It's kind of ironic looking back at this. At the time, World War II was being waged as a total war, which meant every resource was going to the war effort. To help that war effort, it probably meant people using car sharing as a way to conserve gasoline, and as a way to conserve raw materials needed to build/maintain cars.
I wonder how long before we go back to that type of thinking when it comes to transportation and cars given the insanely high oil prices, the associated environmental costs, and the fact that petrodollars help sponsor terrorism and nasty regimes.
--Erwin McManus