Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John Iwaniszek
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 00:11:48

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Tyler Trafford <ttrafford+usenet@gmail.com> wrote in news:3nmrg4F2bb0mU2
@individual.net:

> weirdwolf wrote:
>> Tyler Trafford <ttrafford+usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:3nmr2uF2bb0mU1@individual.net: 
>>
>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>>>> Tyler Trafford <ttrafford+usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:3nmkgoF2a1tqU1 @individual.net:
>>>>
>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>> Steve Brooks wrote:
>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Which should lead to the development of brown field innercity
>>>>>>>> sites and the development of better mass transportation.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Why should there be any move towards better mass transportation
>>>>>>> when petrol is a mere $4/gallon?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm an advocate of increasing fuel prices to the consumer, might
>>>>>> stop people driving the 15 minute walk to the shop.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Wouldn't that just increase cost-of-living and just cause 
inflation?
>>>>
>>>> Shipping this week has a 50% increase in fuel surcharge.  last week
>>>> it was 20 cents a mile.  This week it's 30 cents.
>>> 
>>> Ah, interstate commerce, I completely forgot about that consequence.
>>
>>  one that will encourage locally grown produce, a movement which is 
>> rising in this country.
> 
> That would still screw over states like Montana and South Dakota (etc)
> which grow mass quantities of corn and wheat.
> 


They are already fucked because of aforementioned fuel prices and 
katrina-caused NOLA bottleneck.

What this might due is shift transport and port resources to the mid-
atlantic and stimulate a rebuilding of the rail system.  

If we survive the next few years, this could help us push into a more 
sustainable economy.

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