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I am one of many rural residents who have no access to high speed internet - no cable, no DSL, only dial up. I have heard that other, less developed countries have better access to high speed and that "high speed" is faster in these countries. Do you know if that is true? Should we perhaps be trying to expand delivery of high speed internet to everyone? My biggest frustration is going online to sites with very "large" images that take a long time to load with no options for dial up users (other than turning off image loading which then results in missing key links and info that is in image form). When I have been on some European sites, you can click at the outset whether you have slow or high speed access and the website you see is adjusted accordingly. If a significant minority of this country has no high speed access and it can't be provided easily, then I feel websites should be designed for dual use.

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Selling your SUV to someone else to purchase a hybrid is simply moving a game piece to another square - giving someone else the problem. It is the solution for folks with money and becomes a status symbol. If you are hardly driving your SUV and sell it to someone who then drives 400 miles per week - did you help or hurt the situation? The only way out is to recycle your SUV into metal and start from scratch - but to put this a bit milder - all cars need to be improved and all low MPG cars will eventually be in metal salvage somewhere. If you hold onto your SUV until it is ready for salvage, don't drive excessive speeds, use alternative modes of transportation when possible, and buy compact fluorescent light bulbs, you are probably the best off.

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