Contents
Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?
Introduction
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Chapter 1: What Alternative
Transportation Strategies Are Best?
Chapter Preface
1. Ethanol Will Reduce America’s Dependence
on Crude Oil
Brian Jennings
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2. The Claimed Benefits of Ethanol
Are Unfounded
John Stossel
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3. Hydrogen Has Significant Promise as an
Alternative Fuel
Daniel Sperling and Joan Ogden
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4. The Promise of Hydrogen as an Alternative
Fuel Is Exaggerated
Joseph J. Romm
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5. Public Transportation Will Reduce
Urban Congestion
Lester Hoel
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6. Public Transportation Will Not
Diminish Americans’ Love of Cars
Joel Kotkin
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Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 2: What Transportation Policies
Best Protect National Security?
Chapter Preface
1. Privatizing Airport Security Will Better
Protect Passengers
Anthony Gregory
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2. Privatization Will Not Resolve Airport
Security Challenges
Paul C. Light
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3. The United States Should Maintain
Control of Ports
The Nation
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4. Outsourcing Port Management Will Not
Threaten National Security
The Washington Post
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5. The NAFTA Superhighway Threatens
U.S. Sovereignty and Security
Kelly Taylor
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6. The NAFTA Superhighway Is an
Unsubstantiated Rumor
Philip Dine
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Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 3: What Laws Best Protect
Driver Safety?
Chapter Preface
1. Seat Belts Reduce Highway Fatalities
Danielle E. Roeber
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2. Seat Belt Laws Are Unnecessary
Ted Balaker
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3. Motorcycle Helmet Laws Save Lives
Marian Moser Jones and Ronald Bayer
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4. Motorcycle Helmet Laws Limit
Personal Freedom
Jacob Sullum
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5. Laws Banning Cell Phone Use While Driving
Are Necessary
Joseph J. Hazewski
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6. Restrictions on Elderly Drivers
Are Necessary
Anastasia Niedrich
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7. Restrictions on Elderly Drivers
Are Unnecessary
Eli Lehrer
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Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 4: What Is the Future
of Transportation?
Chapter Preface
1. Maglev Trains Have Significant Benefits
Eric Russell
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2. Maglev Trains Are Impractical and Expensive
Los Angeles Times
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3. Space Elevators Will Transport People
and Payloads Into Space
Keith Gerein
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4. Space Elevator Development Faces
Serious Challenges
The Economist
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5. Commercial Space Travel Will Become
Increasingly Common
Katherine Mangu-Ward
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6. Flying Cars May Soon Take to the Air
Christopher McDougall
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Periodical Bibliography
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For Further Discussion
Organizations to Contact
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Bibliography of Books
Index
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