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High speed rail...why?
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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>Well there is a school of thought that contends that getting people out of their cars and planes, and into HSR will help the environment by reducing the carbon footprint.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, a subdivision of that school believes that <U>high speed</U> component of HSR is extravagant, unnecessary, and undesirable because the high speed creates too much CO2 compared to normal speed passenger rail.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So perhaps society’s need for high speed is just one of those marketing indoctrinations that we need to change.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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