Perhaps you should visit London. None of us travel to work by jetm and all of the buses and tubes are over-capacity.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 April 2006 16:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Local Gas Prices > > What makes you think public transportation is more > evironmentally friendly than private? My only jet airliner > trip had about 12 passengers on board. I figure that cost > about 100 times as much for fuel per person as driving cars > did. The concept that public transportation is cheaper is > based upon the unfounded idea that it is always operation at > capacity. In fact very little public transportation operates > at more than 10% of capacity overall. After all it has to be > sized to carry the rush hour traffic, but has to run all the > time or it would not be a viable alternative at all. I have > often noticed that "Eco Freaks" have a very strange concept > of how economics work. > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Tim Øsleby wrote: > > > Did I sat I would go by car? ;-) > > The truth is that I am, but I _do_ travel a lot by public > transport. > > > >
