6 months in, Biden's infrastructure plan has 4,300 projects

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22. I agree with the steady state economy idea.

But I don't see it shrinking, unless the population shrinks.
People aren't going to voluntarily reduce their lifestyle enough to do what you want without some sort of external event that forces it.
The Covid pandemic did result is a lot more people working from home. That, plus the shutdown of businesses to reduce the rate of infection, did bring down the amount of traffic and result in blue skies.
But as soon as that threat was reduced, the use of transportation went back up again.
It's deeply embedded in our way of life. The railroads and highways aren't going to go away as long as there are people to use them, and goods to be moved on them.
We are a very mobile people.