http://www.fogel.ca/2008/05/27/lip-service-2008/ soapbox and search engine spam Mon, 30 May 2011 18:56:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.fogel.ca/2008/05/27/lip-service-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3574 blog.fogel.ca » Why California Needs High Speed Rail Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:44:11 +0000 http://blog.fogel.ca/?p=42#comment-3574 [...] Our competition “gets” this.  HSR systems are going up around the world at a nearly exponential rate as costs drop and speeds increase.  Americans don’t tend to travel outside their home country as much as most, and it often takes new ideas a little longer to penetrate our shell.  Well, this is California’s opportunity to deliver one big shining wake-the-F-up to ourselves and the rest of the country.  Petrol-powered transportation at 80mph in your own private 2,000 lb box of steel is a 20th century idea who’s day in the sun has come to a close. [...] [...] Our competition “gets” this.  HSR systems are going up around the world at a nearly exponential rate as costs drop and speeds increase.  Americans don’t tend to travel outside their home country as much as most, and it often takes new ideas a little longer to penetrate our shell.  Well, this is California’s opportunity to deliver one big shining wake-the-F-up to ourselves and the rest of the country.  Petrol-powered transportation at 80mph in your own private 2,000 lb box of steel is a 20th century idea who’s day in the sun has come to a close. [...]

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