> a century or so down the road, people will look at modern car-centric America with the same disgust that we feel<p>Some of us feel that disgust right here and now!<p>America has made a righteous mess of itself, wedging itself into a real trap with regard to climate change and the need for reduced energy consumption. Sprawled-out cities are inefficient to run and unpleasant to live in, but it's difficult to see how this can be fixed.