North America and Europe seemed to be pretty good at selling automobiles and the car lifestyle to the rest of the world.
That's probably why China, as we speak, is choking in automobile fumes with unbearable traffic.
Perhaps we owe it to the world to sell a different lifestyle, where people can move around without strangling the cities they live in. I guess the Dutch and Danes are doing this right now.
But how could the North Americans help?
I keep thinking Hollywood is one answer... perhaps a movie about a cool carfree dude... perhaps starring Ed Begley.
Or what about making the hipster, single-speed lifestyle an integral part of the rock and roll we export to so many countries.
Would this work? Could we do it? How?