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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="travelingengineer"]But, then, I am probably preaching to the choir here! [/quote]</P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>There is more and one choir.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>They are as follows:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>1)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN>Train fans who want more trains.</FONT></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>2)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN>The select group of people who could use HSR transportation to their travel advantage.</FONT></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>3)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN>Fiscal conservatives who believe we are well on our way to bankrupting the country, and that HSR is just one more dimension to the binge of expanding the government by spending public money on something we don’t really need.</FONT></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>4)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN>The faction, including the FRA, which believes HSR will serve our need to reduce CO2 emissions to stop climate change and become an oil-free society for security reasons.</FONT></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>5)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN>The faction that understands that rail produces less CO2 than airplanes and motor vehicles, but when you boost the speed of rail up to the levels of true HSR, it produces more CO2 than airplanes and motor vehicles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Hence they want more passenger rail, but not HSR.</FONT></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>6)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN>The faction that sees U.S. HSR as a way to make our friends in Europe stop thinking we are uncivilized.</FONT></FONT></P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT> <P><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"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
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