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“At last measure we are sending $612,500 overseas every minute in support of our current automotive lifestyle. Cumulatively, over recent decades, this has amounted to a massive, irreversible shift in wealth and power from the United States to the petro-states of the Middle East and energy-rich Russia. This cash transfer, which is quickly working its way up to a third of a trillion dollars each year, is building some truly stunning metro systems in Dubai and Abu Dhabi–our cars are buying their trains.”
- Walkable City by Jeff Speck
“At last measure we are sending $612,500 overseas every minute in support of our current automotive lifestyle. Cumulatively, over recent decades, this has amounted to a massive, irreversible shift in wealth and power from the United States to the petro-states of the Middle East and energy-rich Russia. This cash transfer, which is quickly working its way up to a third of a trillion dollars each year, is building some truly stunning metro systems in Dubai and Abu Dhabi–our cars are buying their trains.”
- Walkable City by Jeff Speck
