Krypsis wrote:
>
> On 11/05/2011 8:08 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > "Giusi" > wrote
> >>>
> >>> Ah... Train! Something we don't have here! Yes some big cities have
> >>> things like that. But not here. If you don't live in the city proper
> >>> (Seattle) you are pretty much screwed if you need public
> >>> transportation. In some areas you can take a bus and get to the city
> >>> and back. But in some cases there is no bus on Sunday and if you are
> >>> taking a bus after hours, forget it.
> >>
> >> Then it may be time to do something to correct those problems. We once
> >> had all the public transport other countries have, but we ripped it
> >> out in favor of cars, ever bigger, that use too much energy for the
> >> modern situation. It can't last forever, right? So spend the money to
> >> fix the situation which will also goose the economy.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > If is was only so simple. The way our country has grown in the past 50
> > years, it is probably impossible to build a sensible train line now.
> > Perhaps over 25 to 50 years, you could fix some of the problem, but not
> > all. One end is easier. You can put in a commuter line to the cities and
> > build stations (collection points) so you can drive a few miles to them
> > and train to the city. The problem comes in the other sectors with
> > industrial parks sprawled out over many miles and not enough people to
> > every justify a rail line.
> >
> > There are some lines being revived, and busways being built, but it is
> > not enough to make drastic reductions in driving.
> >
> > Carpools help too, but they have not taken off as you'd expect. One
> > reason is practicality, but a big reason is people don't want to give up
> > their independence, no matter how inefficient.
> >
> There will come a time when their independence will be forcibly removed
> from them. Time for a rethink on the "American Dream".

When someone tries to dramatically lower our standard of living, there
will certainly be a rethink of the government and it's ouster by ballot
or by force as necessary.