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CGar, apply lipstick and kiss behinds. only come back here when you’ve got that permanent gig then tell us where you want to celebrate that good news
“we need massive investment in hi-speed trains”
I know all about the issues in the Northeast corridor, why Acela has to use the specually designed Bombardier trains that “rock.”
Essentially, there are no straightaway lengths of sufficient length to ever use anything as fast as a bullet train.
If you want an eminent domain usage of the Northeast corridor, then we could have one. Japan just razed all the buldings to put them in.
Besides, it’s be managed by Amtrak so good luck with that.
More4Less, you told me to rent? You must have not been talking loudly enough! I didn’t hear you.
I don’t miss renting. I am just sorry we couldn’t find a place in perfect original condition in our first choice of neighborhoods, LOL.
One thing has improved: No roaches or mice.
But it’s definitely a money pit and the place deteriorates with every expenditure.
I appreciate you all keeping the post count relatively low today. Greatly eases my separation anxiety from you. If you could limit your OT discussions this week to cats, health care reform, cats, car insurance, cats, which cell phone to buy, and cats, I’d be eternally grateful. I haven’t even ventured outside the OT today – I’m just pretending it’s a national holiday with no other threads to read.
So I just got photographed and electronically fingerprinted (very cool). I skipped the box for “weight” on the form, figuring it was humiliating enough to have to put down my height (or lack thereof), but the otherwise nice woman made me fill it in.
No, donatella, our energy problem is quite simple: we use too much of it. Everywhere. Everyhow. Transportation is the biggest waster as we continue to build sprawl. We use too much lighting in buildings, too much a/c and so on.
Until we have a carbon tax we won’t improve.
Electric cars and Prius-es just push off the problem a bit. Electric just means we’ve moved the point of pollution, so a more robust grid or nuclear won’t help.
we need massive investment in hi-speed trains and public transit, and denser living.
Yes, Legion, agreed on the politics of oil, and agreed on US petroleum reserves but electric power can only displace so much petroleum. We rely on petroleum for our entire transportation sector. Cars, trucks, buses, airlines, ships, tractors, farm equipment, motorcycles, boats, etc. all use petroleum and replacing our transportation infrastructure with power might be a good idea but not only would you have to have the additional generation (the least of the problems) but also a power grid which could handle it. We have a third world grid. Also imagine the change required in replacing the vehicles, etc. What I love about what has happened recently is that we finally have new CAFE laws or new requirements for fuel efficiency in US. Only took us 35 years.
“a blog/OT turkey is when you post three uninterrupted comments in a row”
I always knew I was a turkey. At least I’m welcome in MOST households for Thanksgiving. Not like I want to spend Thanksgiving in Bay Ridge anyway.
(Arkady – “anyway” or “anyways”??? I’m always confused.)
I’m of the generation that was brought up believing in “Our little friend, the atom” even though we also had nuclear bomb drills throughout elementary school. I think nuclear power’s great – early indoctrination plus adult analysis.
“You can buy toys that replicate the action.”
Has raunch hour started already?