GuyPinestra
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- Jan 29, 2012
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Nope, electricity.If we switched from over the road trucking to cross country trains, we wouldn't need to buy foreign oil. But, since the GObP/R's are in the pockets of Big Oil, they'll never allow it. The very last thing they want is "independence from foreign oil".
Before you rw's start whining, it makes uncommonly good sense to retrain AMERICANS for jobs of the future instead of keeping them dirt poor and tied to the past. Truck drivers, as well as others associated with the trucking industry could do very well with a modern train system. Everyone from the drivers themselves to those who now sell tires, mechanics and on and on and on.
But no ... The GObP/R's pay huge oil companies tax-funded subsidies and then Boehner hands out their kickbacks. He doesn't do it on the floor of congress any more. Now its at the congressional tavern.
Vote Republican - Keep China green and Big Oil rolling in our tax money.
Trains burn diesel oil. Moron.
Yup, they are diesel/electric. The diesel engines create the electricity that moves the trains.