Travel Is The Very Essence of Life

Yeah, I'm sure I made some typos and errors and syntax and stuff in the last round. This debate's been a real ordeal, but let's finish it. Let me think, hmmm... I'm not just talking about airplanes, I've talked about cars and stuff too. I'm surprised you haven't been listening. I only really want to talk about airplanes because they're the only things people use these days. They're also a prime example of why travel sucks. They're a type of travel, so it's not off-topic. I'm sure there is lots of knowledge about cheaper fuel and capitalists vs. communists. That's what I'm saying. I simply don't know how a cheaper fuel would be produced. I'm not a rocket scientist. But those rocket scientists who know the periodic table and stuff just aren't doing their jobs if they can't come up with a fuel that knocks a few bucks off the price. There's no reason why I can't use the word "iota". Sure, it's the ninth letter in the Greek alphabet. But, according to Google, it also means "an extremely small amount". That's how I use it. It's not unnecessary jargon, people say that all the time. Don't be so picky about how I express small quantities. Rich people have more money as individuals, sure. But they don't spend their entire fortunes on airlines. Sometimes a lot of little things can amount to more than a few big things. Think of three basketballs and 500 tennis balls. Which makes a bigger pile? Or think about it this way: If two rich people buy a candy bar that costs two dollars, and five poor people buy a candy bar that's one dollar, the poor people have given the candy store owner a better profit- five dollars instead of four dollars. It's completely logical. If three rich people buy three flights, each costing $500, and ten poor people buy ten flights, each costing $200 dollars, then the airlines get more money from the poor people than from the rich people. There are more poor people in America than rich people. That's why the richest people in America are called the 1%. They're only ONE PERCENT of the population. There are more peasants than kings. Get it? It makes perfect mathematical sense. I don't see how installing a bench in the back of an airplane would be so hard. They just strap a bench back there and people can sit on it. Nah, I really went to the museum. I think that car/airplane thing was only a prototype, though. Those two videos I gave are absolutely valid references. The first one shows how much air travel has changed since its conception. The second one shows some problems associated with modern air travel. Satire can be considered a valid source. You are resorting to Argumentum ad populum if you assume that videos are only good because they have lots of views. They only have 5 views. Picasso was once a starving artist. So the heck what? "Nation" and "country" aren't exactly synonyms, like I say above, Nations have more similar people within them. I only brought it up because YOU said, back in round 4, that "The United States of America is a nation, not a country." Now that's just wrong, even according to your definitions. The United States of America is NOT a nation. Japan might be considered a nation, because most people there are Japanese. But the U.S. is one of the most diverse countries anywhere. We have white people, black people, Native Americans, Asian people. That's our thing- you know, a big melting pot. We aren't a nation, and you said we were. I have a limited travel experience because travel is too expensive. I know what travel is, though. It's not that great. It's not the essence of life. Your article doesn't give any reasons why America can't have bullet trains. If we did have bullet trains, it would be amazing. We're just too freakin' lazy to build any railroads over here. We suck. Trains are becoming dinosaurs over here. We just use them to move coal around. That's it. Like I've been saying the whole time, there isn't too much diversity in travel in America. Airplanes are pretty much it. Yeah, I'd classify myself as poor. And I don't know how talking about the lack of travel for poor people is off- topic. It's definitely a reason why travel stinks. Also, you say it's morbid. According to Google, morbid means "characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease." Why ignore poverty? I shouldn't have an interest in it? It's grim, sure, but it's a reality. Ok, let's say a car takes a little less energy than an airplane. You could still power an airplane using boiling water- it would just fly at a lower altitude and go a little slower. Maybe it could have some parachutes or something on it to give air resistance. Like I said, I don't know how it would be done, but I'm sure it COULD be done. A few decades back, they thought computers were impossible. They're not impossible anymore. If you have a tricycle with a roof and some space for stuff it's basically a car with pedals. It's cheaper and it doesn't hurt the environment. And it doesn't go at 50 miles an hour. And it takes less time to learn. When we run out of oil and I use a tricycle, I'll be superior to all the car owners. Judges, vote wisely. Thank you.