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Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries

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To: energyplay who wrote (63435)	5/4/2005 9:33:05 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) of 74559

In the early 1900s they took the advanced view that the "Motor - Car" would be important and useful. If they said Trams, Aircraft, or Trains I would have agreed they had advanced thinking. Freeways and cars are a different matter though. Got "Who framed Roger Rabbit"?. It tells a story. Judge Dooms conspiracy is base on a true story. In the 1930's, GM, Firestone Tires, Standard Oil, Phillips Petroleum, and Mack Trucks entered into a conspiracy to buy up trolleys nationwide and replace them with buses (running with there own products). The companies were convicted of violating the Sherman antitrust act in 1949 and fined $5000 each. fast-rewind.com saunalahti.fi Have a look at the average freeway. How many railway lines could you put through the same space with more efficient use of engines, drivers, reduced pollution and costs? The guys at the spectator look clueless by that comparison.

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