[MarkeyD]

We can't drill in ANWAR because it will be years before we can start getting returns, but it's OK to start building more railroads (can anyone say Eminent Domain) even though it would be years before they can be taken adavantage of.

[SJackson]

We can't drill in ANWAR because it will be years before we can start getting returns, but it's OK to start building more railroads (can anyone say Eminent Domain) even though it would be years before they can be taken adavantage of.

Ironically the one wildlife negative I've heard about the Alaska pipeline pertains to the moose. In the winter, they cruise down the railroad tracks since they're cleared. Train can't stop, mooseburger.

My ecological arguement for roads and trucks.

And they'll be Bush's fault too. Imagine if he or Cheney had a relative who worked for GM or Ford.

[CedarDave]

We can't drill in ANWAR because it will be years before we can start getting returns, but it's OK to start building more railroads (can anyone say Eminent Domain) even though it would be years before they can be taken adavantage of.

Bill Richardson did that in NM with the approval of a Rat legislature. Not approved by the taxpayers; pulled money out of the road fund. 10% recovery at the farebox. Meanwhile, even some Dem friends of mine say you can't compare occassional congrestion in ABQ with the daily mess in LA, Denver, Dallas, etc. And all of our roads are still two lane -- would be nice to have a three lane interstate in the areas where the train runs. So for the use of a couple of hundred to several thousand passengers per day, everyone else puts up with poor roads that haven't been improved since first constructed as interstates.

See Richardson's Railroad