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Systematic Chaos

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2. Half a million miles of local and interstate rail would have been a lot smarter.

Reply to Luminous Animal (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 26, 2012, 04:09 AM

Jun 2012

But at least the highway projects kept people employed and earning a good living back then. We fucked our environment for that prosperity, so it's a double-edged sword I guess....

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Jun 26, 1956: Congress approves Federal Highway Act [View all] Sherman A1 Jun 2012 OP

Big mistake. Made the private automobile and the combustion engine a priority. Luminous Animal Jun 2012 #1

Half a million miles of local and interstate rail would have been a lot smarter. Systematic Chaos Jun 2012 #2

Environmental issues aside for a moment Sherman A1 Jun 2012 #3

Of course I can imagine the military and a powerful industry buying off enough of Congress to Luminous Animal Jun 2012 #4

I'm sure Congress at the time would've reconsidered if they saw how expensive gasoline became. Selatius Jun 2012 #5

Gas is comparable in price... HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #6

Yep RobertEarl Jun 2012 #7