----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Morgan" < Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 09:00 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Debate on fuel economy standards opens, pitting conservationists against soccer moms
> It seems to me if a person wanted to cut fuel use all they would have to > do is change the system of public transport. Instead of charging a set > amount for city busses, charge a nickel between numbered mile stops. A > person is more likely to run for bread in a bus for ten cents than get > clipped for a buck or more for a short distance. Wouldn't it be better > to have a thousand full busses going everywhere in a town than 25,000 > cars covering the same places with constant engine starts between > points. Of course it wouldn't hurt to run the busses every five to ten > minutes apart instead of every twenty or whatever. > Yea, they run about once every 45 min to an hour here, and even then they don't make any garentees about time and service. One time I needed the bus to get to an interview across town, twenty min. if I had my car, I left 2 hrs early, half way thru, the ride, had to switch to a cab because with 30 min left, I was barley halfway to were I needed to be. I then took the bus back to the interview, and it took 3 hrs. to get home, and this is a small town. I'll never ride a bus again if I have a choice. Greg H. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
