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KiloWatts · 06-04-04, 04:28 PM

...Similar to the Eurail.

How would one go about bringing something like this into existence?

Hey Bubu · 06-04-04, 04:55 PM

The airline industry would throw a fit

hepkatmama · 06-04-04, 05:29 PM

the oil companies would make cry baby sandwiches for everybody

it sux that profit overwrites efficient city planning and any thought to the greater good.

06-04-04, 08:50 PM

Americans love their cars too much.

Krash · 06-04-04, 09:34 PM

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Originally posted by xiannaix
Americans love their cars too much.

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Satchel · 06-04-04, 10:50 PM

It also would not be nearly as cost effective here as it is in Europe, but I would like to see it happen.

Adam D · 06-05-04, 12:25 AM

Convince a congressperson to introduce a bill proposing such an action.

Dionysos · 06-05-04, 05:54 AM

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Originally posted by hepkatmama
the oil companies would make cry baby sandwiches for everybody

What exactly do you think trains run on?

Krash · 06-05-04, 08:29 AM

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Originally posted by Dionysos
What exactly do you think trains run on?

The fastest trains in Europe, the TGV, are electric.

MysteryMeat · 06-05-04, 11:41 AM

That's what AMTRAK is for.

National routes:
http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/national.pdf

Dionysos · 06-05-04, 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by Krash
The fastest trains in Europe, the TGV, are electric.

And where do you think the lion's share of electricity comes from? What about all the moving parts on those trains, what do you think they're coated with?

Krash · 06-05-04, 02:12 PM

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And where do you think the lion's share of electricity comes from? What about all the moving parts on those trains, what do you think they're coated with?

Power - coal or nuclear.

Lubrication, of course, comes from oil - but it is certainly nowhere near as profitable or lucrative for the oil companies.

Dionysos · 06-05-04, 02:15 PM

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Originally posted by Krash
Power - coal or nuclear.

Lubrication, of course, comes from oil - but it is certainly nowhere near as profitable or lucrative for the oil companies.

I'll have to pull the graph I have bookmarked at home, but it shows the breakdown of where a barrel of oil goes. A significant portion goes towards commercial lubrication.

Krash · 06-05-04, 02:44 PM

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I'll have to pull the graph I have bookmarked at home, but it shows the breakdown of where a barrel of oil goes. A significant portion goes towards commercial lubrication.

I don't doubt it, however do you think the oil companies would be pleased about ANY reduction in demand?

06-05-04, 02:47 PM

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And - it takes longer to drive across Texas than from Aberdeen to Dover

It took me about 10 hours to drive from San Fransisco to San Diego once.

16 hours from Dallas to Minneapolis

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