Interesting question... why indeed did mass transit fade away? At least in a number of cities (East San Francisco Bay, San Jose, Fresno, Stockton, Sacramento, San Diego and Los Angeles), it was because the automotive industry did to the rail industry, what the rail industry had done to the canals in the East - they bought them up and closed them ...

A factory tour at Energy Conversion Devices Inc. could well make you think you are seeing the future. '); --> That certainly was my reaction as I stood in one of the company’s facilities holding a shingle with thin-film solar cells built in. The machine behind me was cranking out solar shingles by the hundreds. Eventually ...