Re: [DML] Fuel cost (WAS: Alternate Fuels)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's not to late to correct this, but as long as self driven transport is subsidized (automobiles do not pay their full cost of road construction and deferred repair -- yet) passenger transit will require government subsidies. 

Bill Robertson
#5939

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@...> wrote:
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> This is by design-  All of the mass transit businesses were purchased by the auto companies, and closed.
> 
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> --- On Mon, 3/5/12, content22207 <brobertson@...> wrote:
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> > From: content22207 <brobertson@...>
> > Subject: Re: [DML] Fuel cost (WAS: Alternate Fuels)
> > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Monday, March 5, 2012, 7:42 PM
> > The underlying problem with
> > transportation in America is we have no balance. Self driven
> > automobiles, no matter how propelled, are disproportionately
> > necessary. Outside of a few major metropolitan areas, there
> > are no real alternatives.
> > 
> > If every single car on I-95 was instantaneously replaced
> > with a Chevrolet Volt or a Nissan Leaf tomorrow morning,
> > traffic would still be just as bad. 
> > 
> > Fuel is only a small part of the conundrum. Simply
> > increasing American pump prices to global standards would
> > probably have a bigger effect than all the alternative
> > energy research combined.
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> > 
> > 
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