On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:11:36AM -0800, Marshall Clow wrote: > > >Also, you didn't factor in the subsidies. Those prices would change greatly if > >you took away the billions given to airlines recently, and the 100 years of > >subsidies to trucks. Travel times for the trains would be much, much better by > >now as well. Look at Japan and Europe -- trains work extremely well. > > That may be true, but I have to travel in the world as it is, not the world as it >could be. > --
Well, yes, but the thread is primarily about the destructive effects of subsidy. Sort of fantasizing what it would be in a libertarian dream world, I guess. -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com
