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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by kevin1978 Its an interesting debate, but at the end of the day, we rail supporters must speak as one voice and lobby our politicians if the time comes to ensure that rail is expanded. Climate change is a very important problem for us all, whatever our views on politics or transport. As such we have the strongest of cases to argue for an expanded passenger (and freight) rail network. Someone mentioned that passenger rail levels in the UK are significantly up. Please remember that regardless of privatisation, rail supporters and the general public have made it politically unacceptable to tamper with rail service, unless you plan to improve it! [/quote] Kevin, Can you explain the relationship between passenger rail and alleged climate change? I know that the concept of climate change occuring due to man's burning of fossil fuels is accepted as holy writ over in Europe, but it seems that the voices of reason and historical perspective regarding the cyclical nature of climate change have been suppressed. Please read the following link, and then tell us if you still believe that man is causing drastic climate change: http://www.clearlight.com/~mhieb/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html Once you've done that, explain how passenger rail can even put a dent in the amount of emissions from the various passenger transport modes. In North America, most people whether it be Canada, U.S., or Mexico travel by auto/plane/bus more so than rail, for the simple reason that the former are the most convienient and flexible. Increasing tax spending on passenger rail will not result in significantly more people traveling by rail, ergo it will not have a real effect on global emissions. It would be more prudent for global warming proponents to instead focus their efforts on reducing local and regional pollution effects, since those effects have a genuine impact on the quality of life. The man-caused global warming myth only takes resources away from the real environmental battles.
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