52% want (CA) bullet train stopped, poll finds (LA Times)

[MADem]

98. Well, let me repeat myself as well, then.

How can CA know what the effects are from fracking when the studies haven't been completed?

How can they plan for "undiscovered" faults as they've learned exist from major earthquakes like Loma Prieta?

How can they take care of this hundred BILLION (assuming no cost overruns) investment when they can't even take care of the stuff they already have?

How can they make this project economically competitive when their administrative costs for infrastructure maintenance are so bloated and obscene?

California bridges ARE worse than the rest of the country and the added danger of earthquake places them at even greater risk---did you even glance at the graphic I provided, and the article with it? If they weren't "worse" then why would the President want a bill to fix them?

You're free to run away from this conversation if you'd like, but you're being disingenuous in the extreme if you claim that I haven't read your posts or that I've refused to look at facts. I have read your remarks, and in response I am providing you with facts-a-plenty. You keep insisting that "the engineers" will take care of everything, and CA is ahead of the curve on these matters, when the references I have provided in this conversation show us that they are barely holding their own.

Spending on 'administration' is wasteful and they're way behind on their maintenance--they also don't know where all the faults are when it comes to earthquakes. That's the bottom line.