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Car Paper 3

A different version of that paper - this was written as an article title "In Car Nation" Some text reads: In the children’s cartoon the Transformers, robotic aliens come to Earth and disguise themselves as automobiles in an attempt to blend in with what they had assumed was the dominant form of life on the planet. Not only was this story a great concept to sell toys, it also provides a disturbing metaphor of our culture. Perhaps, like the Transformers’ tagline, what’s really going on is “more than meets the eye.” In its brief century of existence, the automobile has been responsible for the largest transformation to date of both our physical and mental landscapes. Despite the heavy cost in terms of human fatalities and environmental degradation, our dependence on the automobile continues to expand. We are so caught up in car culture, it is difficult to see beyond it: a plane crash is a “human tragedy,” while auto accidents are “traffic delays.” …
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