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Well, here's some good news
Mar. 18th, 2008 08:14 pm
People are more willing to embrace trains nowadays than before - like, really. Those statistics are very surprising.
Probably more because of money than the environment, but same difference. And (re)building rail lines - that's economy stimulating, isn't it?
My knowledge of history has weird gaps in it (well, I did grow up in the US, y'know), but I have this vague idea that The Cure for the Great Depression was a heck of a lot of public works projects. And, uh, a war. But seriously, that's why nobody ever goes "Gee, FDR - there was a crappy president if I ever saw one!", isn't it?
Of course, if that view I have is correct, we're probably totally screwed, I know.
Probably more because of money than the environment, but same difference. And (re)building rail lines - that's economy stimulating, isn't it?
My knowledge of history has weird gaps in it (well, I did grow up in the US, y'know), but I have this vague idea that The Cure for the Great Depression was a heck of a lot of public works projects. And, uh, a war. But seriously, that's why nobody ever goes "Gee, FDR - there was a crappy president if I ever saw one!", isn't it?
Of course, if that view I have is correct, we're probably totally screwed, I know.
