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Chicago to Champaign to St Louis HSR
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<P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>I agree that the HS in HSR is supposed to be the magic carrot that woos people back onto the train, but in most cases, it will not overcome the preference for the private automobile traveling at freeway speed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And besides, the FRA says that the purpose of HSR is to reduce the production of CO2 and our dependence on oil.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yet, arguably HSR will produce more CO2 than the private transportation it will replace.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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