To: Wharf Rat who wrote (828759 ) 1/9/2015 11:53:18 AM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (2) | Respond to "We cannot NOT afford it" is a sales pitch thrown out by dishonest salesmen to saps. "It's not that expensive. We can afford it. In fact, we cannot NOT afford it." Said Governor Jerry Brown at the ground-breaking ceremony for California's $68 billion high-speed rail system. not afford that? comforting to know that if it ever actually comes into existence, it will comfort Jerry Brown... if he's still among us and able to walk around and shake hands? The 142-mile rail line will choo-choo crowds from L.A. north of Fresno to San Francisco south of Fresno . So Jerry has a decent chance at getting to shake hands in and around Fresno. the single issue of rejecting the lure of federal money to build a high-speed train 8:59 AM http://www.althouse.blogspot.com/2015/01/its-not-that-expensive-we-can-afford-it.html cassandra lite Amichel we can just subsidize it's failure to attract enough ridership perpetually. The important thing is that nice rich people with no time or money constraints will get to enjoy their fancy train ride. St. George For the price of this train, I recently read that the state of California could purchase 82,000 environmentally-efficient buses . It's a canard to think that trains are more green than modern buses. Plus, they are locked into one position, unlike highway vehicles. Brando St. George Brando "It's a canard to think that trains are more green than modern buses. Plus, they are locked into one position, unlike highway vehicles." MayBee CA already has great cheap mass transit between LA and SF, and it's called Southwest Airlines. tim in vermont The one time I rode the TGV from London to Paris , I felt like a super villain, because I had a whole train car to myself. But I am sure the demand for travel between LA and SF is much higher than between London and Paris. We cannot Not afford to payoff Brown's billionaire contributors .... Cheryl traditionalguy This is a religious faith test. If you can imagine the current serious global cooling and record freezing temperature is "The hottest year on record," then you can get excited over a romantic train running 80 mph through the fields and forests using 1880s train technology powered by 1480s windmills technology. furious_a The Delta Smelt was the beginning. They realized they needed to save it by taking all the water from the central valley. Now all those farms, which were once thriving, are all dead and dying. Want to build a train through thriving farmland? First you have to kill off all the farms.
