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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 14, 2008 6:58 am) Our pinhead governor just made his bid to be Obama's energy czar. I am just so glad that he cannot be President. He will bankrupt CA with his lack of gray matter before this term is up. He came in with some good ideas and when they did not fly through our TOTALLY corrupt legislature he decided to become one of them. I do not believe I have ever seen a worse transition in a politician. He is not what he seems in the movies. NO strength of character at all. He has no idea how he will cut GHG back to 1990 levels. It is just a buzz word he picked up from his flaky friends in Hollywood. They will spend billions trying to buy their way out of global warming. No other country has done it. Does he think he can just shut us down? 
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2008 7:31 am) |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2008 5:31 am) Denver voters passed a $4.7 billion light rail expansion project back in '04 - they voted to raise their taxes to fund it. Light rail stokes development and jobs (the cluster effect). As far as building with local tech, a Boise outfit builds and refurbishes locomotives and cars, so you don't have to go to France. Although the French built rubber tired subway cars in Mexico City are terrific - or would be if they weren't so packed.
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Replying to: vchiu (Jul 14, 2008 7:25 am) That is always the argument used to justify additional spending. That money is spent. Or should I say tacked onto the National debt. We should be looking for ways to spend less money not more. We should be paying down that debt not adding to it. As far as taxing gas like they do in the EU. That will not fly. We are near revolt over the current gas prices. Those kind of jolts to a society have to come slowly. If gas doubled over 5 years it would be accepted much better than one year doubling. We have politicians trying to save their jobs by cutting the measly 18 cents a gallon we now pay in Federal highway tax. Why do people think that we should tax automobile drivers to finance mass transit? why not tack an additional tax on air travel. Why not limit CO2 from air travel over land? Last I read a cross country flight dumps as much CO2 per passenger seat as a small car in one year (about 5 tons). Each person is allowed 10 tons per year PERIOD. No buying carbon credits for the rich. We all get to dump the same amount of GHG. Do you think all the twinkies in Hollywood would back up AHNOLD if that is what he proposed? I see the dependance upon oil burning technology a major threat to the US. That could be for the whole World. I am thinking we will all have electric cars soon. Then What do we need mass transit for?
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2008 8:18 am) Highways Don't Pay for Themselves (Streetsblog)
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Replying to: vchiu (Jul 14, 2008 7:25 am) No matter when a project is started it will go grossly overbudget. So one year means nicht. >I forgot global warming is not a big issue and if it was, it can't be man-made can it. Now you're seeing the light. The homeostases involved are far beyond a Hollywood actor's or tired old corrupt senator/presidential candidate loser's having figured out the balances and how one item can upset them. Don't forget water vapor as GHG more effective than CO2.
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 14, 2008 8:00 am) I think the CA HST plan will be long on promises and short of cash. If it is all built in the USA it would be good for our economy. If all we get to do is lay track that kind of sounds like the original railroads. Who would we get to do that work? Any volunteers?
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2008 8:44 am) Andy Grove of Intel was quoted over the weekend about new tech and early adopters - we can laugh at solar, wind, fusion, whatever, but 20 years ago all personal computers were good for was for BASIC games. They were expensive suckers too! |
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 14, 2008 8:27 am) As far as your article, it leaves out a big factor of all the roads we have already paid for that continue to generate revenue. Which should be spent on maintenance and future roads. A very biased poorly thought out article. Put all the gas tax out there for roads and we will see how much more it takes. Then up the tax accordingly.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2008 9:05 am) Here's the Texas link: Do Roads Pay for Themselves?
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