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Originally Posted by wdfifteen View Post
Indeed, the University of California at Berkeley has established that rising wealth does not lead to more car use beyond $30,000 annual income even in countries with plenty of space - it peaks.
This seems very suspicious to me. How many toy cars does a millionaire have versus somebody making $30k? If "car use" simply means miles travelled annually, regardless of number of different cars used, it still seems that somebody earning $30k would be more likely to ride the bus, take the train, or limit travelling due to fuel costs. Obviously I haven't done a study myself but I just don't see how this could be accurate.

Still an interesting topic in general, just commenting on this one sentence.
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