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[quote user="John WR"] [quote user="cx500"]When all is said and done, virtually all means of transportation are subsidized.  There will of course be a few localized exceptions.  That subsidy comes out of taxes[/quote] Also that subsidy comes our of lives spent in our wars so we can keep mid east oil flowing. [/quote] That's probably true, although it is changing daily.   According to the Energy Information Agency (EIA), America has reduced significantly its dependence on foreign oil for a variety of reasons. The most notable has been increased oil production in the U.S. due to improve production methods and new finds of oil. The EIA estimates that the U.S. may important less than 30 per cent of its oil by 2015 if the current trends continue. ExxonMobile believes the U.S. could be free of foreign oil by 2020, although the EIA is suspect of that claim.   Equally important the U.S. does not import the bulk of its off shore oil from the Middle East. Of the three major sources of overseas oil for the U.S., Canada, Saudia Arabia, and Mexico are the major suppliers. U.S. military operations in the Gulf stemmed from a variety of reasons. I am hard pressed to believe that Iraq oil did not play a part. But there is no oil in Afghanistan.  What do U.S. military operations in the Middle East have to do with where the country should place its transport investment dollars?  The problem should be framed in a U.S. context and the solutions should be optimized for this country.
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