> trains are obsolete. Don't you think it's kind of stupid to make 999
> people on a train stop when one wants to get off? I was talking a
> personal transportation vehicle, not a mass transit vehicle. Same
> obsolescence applies to busses.
>
> Ciao,
>
> David A. Bandel
Problem with private vehicles is that they need the same roads and parking facilities.
The only why
to cut down on overall pollution would be to shift to gas/electric. But, even that is
not a
solution. Electricity has to be generated by burning coal, natural gas, or oil. Unless
you're going
to make a big commitment to nuclear, wind, solar, geothermal the pollution from the
gas engine will
just be displaced from the the vehicle site to the generating site. Example: I live in
Apalachicola,
FL. The real Florida outbacks. Power to this area is delivered from the grid where it
is generated
in Panama City, 70 mi to the west, and Crystal Rive, 100 mi+ to the se. Thus, the
pollution from my
electric car will be transferred from Apalachicola to Panama City.
As for electric trains being obsolete, I have only one experience to judge from. In
the early 60s I
was stationed in Boston for 4 yrs. I had my car with me, a 1957 TR3 a real joy to
drive, but I
seldom drove it. Why? The MTA. Despite the Kingston Trio's," Get Charlie Off the MTA"
the price was
reasonable ($.20), you could go anywhere in Boston, stations were usually no more that
two blocks
apart heated with wide platforms, the trains ran every ten minutes, no packup of
riders, and best of
all you didn't have to contend with Boston traffic. Ergo: electric was so much more
convenient and
cost effective that the TR3 stayed home except when I left town.
As an ex air pollution planner. I can tell when you want electric mass transit to
compete
successfully with public transportation the two most important factors are convienance
(10 min
between trains, heated stations ect and no vehicle traffic) and cost (MTA $.20,
gasoline at the time
$.32/gal + insurance+maintenance.) Total pollution way down. But as this a Linux list
let me add
this:
I AM NOT A FREELOADER
Lee
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