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To: slacker711 who wrote (126342)	12/4/2009 2:40:52 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 543200

If you equate building roads when we are "running out" of oil with wasting money, I'm living a nightmare. We need rail, we need a 21st century grid, we need electricity to run electric trains, but we don't need more roads. Fix the bridges for safety, use the potholes for speed bumps, and build out rail and rapid transit and electric buses. Long haul electric rail is 21x the efficiency of diesel truck. This stuff ain't that hard to do. First saw something like this in SF when I was about 3 years old. Batteries not included.

To: slacker711 who wrote (126342)	12/4/2009 4:01:33 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543200

slacker711; . If the best investments are things like a national broadband network, a revamping of our national energy grid, or a massive move towards renewable energy, these kinds of investments would be taken over a number of years Depends on how much effort we go with. Getting back to a healthy employment numbers is going to take many years - this isn't going to change in 6 months. So the longer term plays may in fact be better. AND, these are American jobs. steve