Re: [OM] ***SPAM*** Re: IMG: WAS Nathan's PAW 22: NOW CLICK CLACK

[Chuck Norcutt]

Inefficient and 85% subsidized makes for affordability???  Oh, yes, I 
forgot.  That's how we'll have "affordable" wind and solar electric as 
well as high speed rail.
Chuck Norcutt


On 6/6/2014 12:32 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Au contraire - if it were government-run it would be be inefficient but 85%
> subsidised.
>
>
> On 6 June 2014 16:48, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > 432 m looks a bit long for the US technique ;-)
> > Not at all. It could be done here with no problem, except that we
> > prefabricate entire rail-tie sections and lift them into place as a
> > unit. But that also has more to do with the fact we don't do concrete
> > bases with rubber cushioning and concrete ties.
> >
> >
> > > And I can't make out the difference between bulk/freight and passenger
> > lines since their are the same. Night = goods/mail   Day = passengers
> >
> > The USA is a bit larger and spread out. We utilize the airways like
> > Europeans utilize rail. But part of that is the privatized economic
> > model that we use here. We could never afford air travel if it was
> > government run.
> >
> > AG
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