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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:53 pm
by Alan Evil
If we eliminated heavy truck traffic from the highways they would hardly ever need to be resurfaced thereby saving precious oil in the asphalt... oh, wait, Big Oil wouldn't make as obscene of profits that way. Never mind.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:59 pm
by ynot
If we eliminated heavy truck traffic, every store shelf would be empty and you would do without everything.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:51 pm
by Paul3eb
ynot wrote:If we eliminated heavy truck traffic, every store shelf would be empty and you would do without everything.
oh that's fine.. we have computers and phones and, most importantly, money so it's ok. we can pay for everything else. it'll just be everyone else that'll be screwed.. but hey, that's their problem.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:47 pm
by pigsteak
yup, you got it paul.
so, it looks like the consensus here is that , given two choices, folks would prefer to drill ANWR and make stricter fuel standards. yo liberals, where are your convictions for ANWR? don't let some punk ass poll deter you....refuse to participate....liberate the caribou...stay strong brother....peace to the masses....
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 10:32 pm
by Alan Evil
ynot wrote:If we eliminated heavy truck traffic, every store shelf would be empty and you would do without everything.
Not true. Trains are more efficient, just slightly slower. It wouldn't take much to make cross-country trucking more expensive than trains and it also wouldn't take much to make trains as fast (for the most part) as trucks. There are still huge urban areas built around train tracks that could easily support the shifts that would require. Anyway, trains are cool.
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:36 pm
by pigsteak
how about every selfish climber in America roadtripping to get their weekend fix quit climbing? that'll save thousands of gallons of gas/oil a year....
never happen, you selfish bastards!
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:31 am
by ynot
You still need trucks to get it from the train to the stores.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:01 am
by Alan Evil
Ah, but not such big trucks and not going such long distances. It's only a matter of time til most big stores have a rail siding out back again, just like in the good old days.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:30 am
by jcwhite
GE just built a dope ass engine.
https://www.getransportation.com/homepage/index.asp
Sexiest locomotive around. 8)
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:48 pm
by Zspider
I have no problem with them drilling in the ANWR. It's going to happen eventually. I have heard that there's as much oil under that land as there ever was in the Mideast.
ZSpider