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BUSTED puts pressure on city and government officials to start thinking about the need for electric trains. If it takes 100 barrels of oil to make a car, are semis and long-distance trucking sustainable?
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| Delaware steam railroad volunteers keep historic treasure tooting ... Philadelphia Inquirer "You don't see that anywhere in the United States. Very few tourist railroads do that," said Robert Van Camp, creator and producer of the series. "The Wilmington & Western is playing a significant role in presenting and preserving our deep American ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| US customs agency, UP agree on border security-enhancing measures Progressive Rail Roading ... Border Corridor,” to expand cooperative partnerships among the US and Mexican governments, railroads that operate at and cross the border, and other stakeholders that have an interest in rail transported goods between theUnited States and Mexico, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| FACTBOX-Rapid expansion of US crude-by-rail terminals Reuters Africa For a related analysis, click on: [ID:nN1E77H0MR] Following is a factbox on planned crude-by-rail terminals in the United States: COMPANY: US Development Group (Texas) PROJECT: St. James, Louisiana terminal; a delivery hub for coastal US crudes ... See all stories on this topic » |
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Designing the world's first 100% sustainable global infrastructure for the provision of food, energy, transportation, jobs and serenity!
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The provision of Food, Energy & Transportation without petroleum and the emission of huge quantities of greenhouse gases will make or break global human, and other, populations very soon! As I…Continue
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Comment by Del Anderson on September 10, 2011 at 2:48pm -
For a long time, even before I read The Long Emergency, I have believed we should upgrade our train infrastructure as a national security issue. It is being done in a few places in the US but here in Ohio our new gov turned down 400 mil. That would have help build a passenger train system from Cleveland to Cincinnati. That could have formed a backbone for further expansion as the need arises.
Without this kind of development now while we have the capital we are going to up a creek later on as cheap oil goes away.
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Comment by Maureen Moore on September 10, 2011 at 12:29pm -
It'll take 100 years to build service trains and if we don't fly we have 200 years of oil. It'll take international cooperation to realize thorium.
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Comment by Maureen Moore on September 9, 2011 at 6:39pm
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The figures I quoted you are wrong. They are overly pessimistic.
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Comment by Maureen Moore on September 9, 2011 at 3:59pm
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There will be less mobility in the future. We need freight more than mobility.
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Comment by Maureen Moore on September 9, 2011 at 3:47pm
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Uranium buys us about 60 years, but not for mobility, just to keep the lights on.
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Comment by Maureen Moore on September 9, 2011 at 3:31pm
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There's 10-20 years for thorium. For service trains it'll take 50 years. That leaves 30 years grace when we still have oil to get it right.
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Comment by Maureen Moore on August 23, 2011 at 9:07am
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Thanks Les. Its a great start
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Comment by Les Squires on August 23, 2011 at 8:51am -
Welcome Maureen. Welcome BUSTED. Your new group is launched, with the new BUSTED graphic. I've also created a DAILY SCAN and pasted in the kinds of results that the scan will produce.
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