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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room
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To: not_prudent who wrote (170429)7/7/2012 12:12:47 PM
From: Keith J  Read Replies (2) of 206328
 
Its a good question. Certainly a couple of the main reasons are:

- Planes currently use oil products
- Some people won't or don't like to fly
- Trains could service multiple stops, unlike planes that are point to point.

However, on the last point, I will note that the more stops involved, the slower the average time becomes. It is a trade-off that is not insignificant.

Despite rhetoric, the skies have plenty of available capacity. Southwest only flies 737s which have moderate capacity.

KJ
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