Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Rick Savoia
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 14:08:45

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

weirdwolf <Hooowl@hoowl.com> wrote in
news:Xns96C42F73A797r73u67jw56nas@80.5.182.99: 

> John Iwaniszek <Not@hotmail.com> wrote in 
> news:Xns96C3C34532CABjoiwhnanri@66.26.32.9:
> 
>> 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. 
> 
>  but Katrina hasn't caused the bottle neck it is only served as a
>  focus 
> point to bring the problem into the light.
> 
>> What this might due is shift transport and port resources to the mid-
>> atlantic and stimulate a rebuilding of the rail system.  
> 
>  Yeah and the pigs will fly themselves to market. Can you really see
>  that 
> happening in the current political climate?


New Bumper stickers:  "Bring back the cattle drive!"

>  
>> If we survive the next few years, this could help us push into a more
>> sustainable economy. 
> 
>  We can but hope.
> Ted
> 



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