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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="Victrola1"] <P>"The governors said recycled materials would be used in the construction of the train, locally-grown produce served in train dining cars, and recyclable and biodegradable containers used in food service on the train."</P> <P><A title="http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/08/06/iowa-illinois-submit-high-speed-rail-application CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/08/06/iowa-illinois-submit-high-speed-rail-application">http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/08/06/iowa-illinois-submit-high-speed-rail-application</A><BR><BR>Biodegradable food containers holding local sweet corn justifies a passenger train? At what point does pandering become absurdity?<BR>[/quote]</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Going back to the original post and getting back on topic, I would like to know the purposes of using “new green products and practices,” as the governors of Iowa and Illinois said would be done with the new train service.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Surely <U>new green products and practices</U> has a purpose or it would not be integrated into a rail project.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What is its purpose? </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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><FONT size=2>For instance, what is the advantage of serving locally produced food and using recycled materials to construct a train?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does this reduce the cost?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If it is cheaper to build a train out of recycled materials, why haven’t they done it that way all along?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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