However, farmers are likely to raise the issue of migrant workers, as the difficulty of employing workers on low wages in areas poorly served by public transport makes finding enough hands to harvest and plant crops a challenge.
What's striking is not only how far and for how long an infection as devastating as HIV could have spread without being noticed, but also how modern life, with urbanised living and fast easy transport, makes us increasingly vulnerable to epidemics.
And if it's not, commuting by public transport makes you feel like you're part of the world: you and others are on the same boat, so to speak, taking time to pause and read, or listen to music, before reaching work or going home.
Charlie Lloyd from the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) said: "It is very likely they will make some kind of profit on this, and you have to bear in mind that London Transport makes a loss on every single bus and tube journey.
Surely this is the kind of tax inefficiency The Economist normally rails against Robin Schlinkert LondonPlug-in carsSIR – In regard to your article ("Highly charged motoring", October 9th), transport accounts for around 21% of British emissions, of which road transport makes up over 90%.
By comparison, those born at the bottom in San Jose, California have a 12.9% chance of working all the way up, much like babies born into similar circumstances in Canada or Denmark.Poor public transport makes it harder for Atlanta's citizens to find new jobs.
