Adding Tolls to Brooklyn Bridges?
Marty Markowitz was just on the Brian Lehrer show arguing against the Ravitch Commission’s proposal to add tolls to the three bridges in Brooklyn as well as the Queensboro Bridge as part of its solution to the MTA deficits. (Rosie Perez just called in agreeing with Marty too.) Are you in favor of adding the…
Marty Markowitz was just on the Brian Lehrer show arguing against the Ravitch Commission’s proposal to add tolls to the three bridges in Brooklyn as well as the Queensboro Bridge as part of its solution to the MTA deficits. (Rosie Perez just called in agreeing with Marty too.) Are you in favor of adding the tolls?
Huh? If we burned diamonds to power cars and heat our homes, we would run out of them too.
Do any of you know how we caused the problem of the Somalia pirates??? I read something about this in the FT last week but Bloomberg outlined it again today.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=atERt0ckMiJ4
A bit off topic but what isn’t here???
dave, dave, dave – don’t you realize that when oil gets ‘rare’ enough it will be too expensive to burn? I mean diamonds are a finite carbon based resource too – ever notice how we don’t use them to reinforce concrete?
fsrg, they hate us for a reason. No, not because they are jealous of our success and freedoms, which is the most pathetic thing certain politicians and media proclaim. It’s because of a history of U.S. administrations with foreign policies that have led to the mass murder of millions upon millions of innocent civilians to protect our own economic interests. But this is now WAY off topic.
The fact models can be wrong means they can be wrong both ways, i.e., it’s possible there is far LESS oil than anybody thinks. Even if the odds are there is more, why on earth wouldn’t we err on the side of conservatism (and logic) and assume it WILL run out one day, which is something I don’t believe most experts would dispute.
fawn – the triborough and henry hudson bridges both charge tolls, as do a couple of bridges to the rockaways. not to mention the bridges connecting queens with the bronx.
NO…if the price goes up wildly then the economy will be forced again into a slowdown and the usage will come down and so will the price. Eventually though we will run out of oil. It’s a finite natural resource. Period.
dave – we will never run out because as supplies diminish the (long term) price goes up and demand decreases. When the price gets to an unsustainable point AND STAYS THERE, people will stop mostly stop using oil and whatever is still around will remain.
That being said, reserve numbers; depletion numbers etc….are all based on models – and frankly I think we have shown how misguided modeling can be (ask all those Wall St risk officers)……As I predicted here only months ago – and was laughed at – oil is now below $50 a barrel and falling proving there is plenty of oil out there and we are very far from “running out” – what we are not far from is being totally dependent on foreign suppliers who hate us and thereby giving them way too much leverage over our economy, politics and way of life.
z, not THAT’s something I wouldn’t dispute.
fawn – fair enough!
dave/biff – we will never run out of oil because humans are likely to blow up the planet before its oil supplies are depleted.