Re: Duh, transport

2003-02-05 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 01:56:22AM +, Peter Fairbrother wrote: Railways: Euro railways are better than US - but in at least the UK there is compulsory purchase, when they grab your land and pay you very little for it, in order to build them. And too much government is involved.

Duh, transport

2003-02-04 Thread Peter Fairbrother
Been away from email for a while: Shuttle: Dangerous. I'd like to be in space, but... not 25-year-old tech, and not that way. If there was a Chinese spy satellite captured, might it not have had a nuclear power source, and wouldn't the debris be hot? Railways: Euro railways are better than US -

Re: Duh, transport

2003-02-04 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 01:56:22AM +, Peter Fairbrother wrote: Railways: Euro railways are better than US - but in at least the UK there is compulsory purchase, when they grab your land and pay you very little for it, in order to build them. And too much government is involved.

Duh, transport

2003-02-04 Thread Peter Fairbrother
Been away from email for a while: Shuttle: Dangerous. I'd like to be in space, but... not 25-year-old tech, and not that way. If there was a Chinese spy satellite captured, might it not have had a nuclear power source, and wouldn't the debris be hot? Railways: Euro railways are better than US -