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In the New Yorker...
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 06, 2022, 09:19:47 pm ---
You can take a train from here to Boston. The train is already powered by electricity.
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Yes, but what if you don't want to go to Boston?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 06, 2022, 10:19:23 pm ---Yes, but what if you don't want to go to Boston?
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You're the one who mentioned Boston.
southendmd:
Who wouldn't want to go to Boston?! 8)
Front-Ranger:
LOL apparently no one, including the future king of Britain!
That reminds me of the time I needed to go from Denver to Montreal where I was in charge of the media room for the Biomass Conference of the Americas (need to get a little climate content in here to keep it on-topic). Flew in to Logan and went to my gate for the connection to Montreal. About 20 minutes later, I noticed people going towards the boarding door. I had my seat already and didn't want to stand in line so I stayed put. I looked up a few minutes later and the attendant was closing the door! Apparently they don't announce those flights...is it another Canadaism, peut-?tre?
Front-Ranger:
My point is that less than 100 million people in the US live in core urban places where the existing system of travel is more or less convenient for them, assuming that when they travel, they want to go to another core urban area, rather than to someplace like...Wyoming. 225 million people + or - live in rural, suburban or small metros. When we want to travel, we have to get to the urban center, be herded onto a huge airliner, then do it all in reverse at our destination. And it costs just as much or more.
Here in the Rockies, there is a network of smaller planes and Lear jets that take people to the ski areas. It's getting impossible to go by car anymore, especially when you want to come home on a Sunday afternoon.
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