Comments on: Japan: A new car? No thanks. http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/11/japan-a-new-car-no-thanks/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:19:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print » Shrinking Car Sales Spike Interest http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/11/japan-a-new-car-no-thanks/comment-page-1/#comment-1474692 Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print » Shrinking Car Sales Spike Interest Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:17:54 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/11/japan-a-new-car-no-thanks/#comment-1474692 [...] Chris Salzberg writes of “sluggish car sales apparently causing a major drag.” “Who is to blame?” asks Salzberg ploddingly, seemingly unaware of the effect of sluggish cars on traffic. Pokey is as pokey does. Salzberg continues writing in his misapprehension: Bloggers writing about the reports of shrinking car sales this week, in any case, didn’t seem terribly surprised by the news. [...] [...] Chris Salzberg writes of “sluggish car sales apparently causing a major drag.” “Who is to blame?” asks Salzberg ploddingly, seemingly unaware of the effect of sluggish cars on traffic. Pokey is as pokey does. Salzberg continues writing in his misapprehension: Bloggers writing about the reports of shrinking car sales this week, in any case, didn’t seem terribly surprised by the news. [...]

]]> By: TRUST http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/11/japan-a-new-car-no-thanks/comment-page-1/#comment-1361727 TRUST Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:16:17 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/11/japan-a-new-car-no-thanks/#comment-1361727 Actually, the decreasing sales in vehecles is a good news, from the perspective of public health: reduced greenhouse gas remission, less polluted air and less allergic elderly and minors, more physical activity and less obesity/overweight problems. However, from the perspective of economy, it becomes a undesirable sign! Even, some people are "blamed" for this trend! How to settle down this dilemma? Actually, the decreasing sales in vehecles is a good news, from the perspective of public health: reduced greenhouse gas remission, less polluted air and less allergic elderly and minors, more physical activity and less obesity/overweight problems.

However, from the perspective of economy, it becomes a undesirable sign! Even, some people are “blamed” for this trend!

How to settle down this dilemma?

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