“轿车热”这三个字,早已成为报刊上的高频词汇。从1994年起,家用轿车热渐渐成了轿车热的核心。既然说是“家用”,自然就触动了老百姓的神经,关心轿车的人越发多起来。 在腾腾热气中,我们很容易看到有一些忧心忡忡或情绪激昂的人在为轿车泼冷水,他们奋起批判“轿车文明”,坚决反对发展家用轿车。他们认为,中国这样的人口大国,发展家用轿车是一场灾难。能源短缺、交通拥挤、耕地锐减、环境污染等等问题乃至拥有轿车者与没有轿车者之间公平与否,都将迫使我们更明智地去选择公共交通系统以代替轿车。 那么,中国究竟要不要搞轿车呢? “Car hot” these three words, has long been the newspaper’s high-frequency vocabulary. Since 1994, the hot family car has gradually become the core of the car fever. Since it is “home”, naturally touched the nerves of ordinary people, car care more and more people together. In the heat, we can easily see some worried or emotionally-charged people pouring cold water on cars. They are upsetting the “sedan civilization,” and are resolutely opposed to the development of family cars. They think it is a disaster to develop a family car like China, a populous country. Energy shortages, traffic congestion, sharp declines in arable land, environmental pollution, and even fairness between those with and without cars will all force us to choose the public transport system more wisely instead of cars. So, after all, should China engage in sedans?