On Sep 18, 1:44*pm, wrote:
Edward A. Falk wrote:

In article ,
george wrote:
The word is torque and a 40 ton load that has to be delivered a
thousand mile away is going to require the internal combustion engine

Or a train. *Which could be electric.

Again, it's all about economics. *If electric vehicles for short-haul and
electric trains became sufficiently cheap, the transportation industry
would switch back to using trains for long haul and trucks for local
delivery almost overnight.

Nope, trains are already cheap for bulk cargo.

They are antiques which are being under-utilized.

The issue is trains don't go everywhere, or even anywhere close to everywhere
in a country the size of the US.

No. The issue is that they aren't electric, and our crumbling
infrastructure
and ignorant, city-sprawl, urban planners are going to have to:

1. Go back to the drawing board to accomodate
efficiency

2. Create jobs to implement and maintain this

3. Entice corporate America to think outside of the
box and learn how to integrate their transportation
needs to mesh with the new system by taking
advantage of new corridors built for this.

Trains work great in small European nations which aren't much larger than
some of our counties.

Yes, and they also work great in America if there are 21st
century depot accomodations.

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Mark

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Jim Pennino