[Hermann the Cherusker]

Take another example: building an oil refinery near downtown NYC won't work like it does for Houston because there isn't nearby oil pumping into NYC to be refined. You'd have to ship it over long distances from somewhere else.

Ah, that would explain the 250,000 barrel per day Bayway refinery in NJ, directly across the river from downtown New York City!

Thanks you for your enlightenment of us, o wise one!

Ps. shipping over long distances - like from Venezuela, Angola, or Kuwait? You do realize that we import something like 2/3 of our oil? Ocean shipping, however, is cheap.

[GOPcapitalist]

Ah, that would explain the 250,000 barrel per day Bayway refinery in NJ, directly across the river from downtown New York City!

My mistake. It's a rather small point though so the general analogy still stands - there are things that work well for Houston but not for New York, and things that work well for New York but not for Houston. The "one-size-fits-all-and-every-city-must-have-transit-like-us" model simply doesn't hold any weight.

[mac_truck]

[Gopcap] Take another example: building an oil refinery near downtown NYC won't work like it does for Houston because there isn't nearby oil pumping into NYC to be refined. You'd have to ship it over long distances from somewhere else.

[HC] Ah, that would explain the 250,000 barrel per day Bayway refinery in NJ, directly across the river from downtown New York City!

Lol! Thanks for setting the record straight, Hermann. It's amazing what some folks think they know...