An Asphault-Based System

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Tony @ Home Office wrote: The message is to get off of the asphalt-based transportation system. Buses and e-cars just perpetuate this problem. It is not the fuel it is the asphalt. We need a alternative to roads. Supporting rail is the first step. problem the SC has is that national thinks E-cars are the answer. Nope. It does not address the asphalt lobby. The message is rail. If you (we) don't like tar sands - if we don't like oil - we must convince the majority that fixing roads and bridges is just one more piece of propaganda spread by the asphalt lobby to keep us addicted to oil-based transport. and in turn keeps the likes of Vique and company in the money. Count the number of asphalt plants in Maine alone. I think it may be the biggest product we produce - using maine minerals and Saudi, now South Dakota oil. Made in Maine - a paved earth. Train Time. Maine Rail Transit Coalition Portland Maine WWW.MaineRailTransit.org Mailto: Info@MaineRailTransit.org or TDonovan@Maine.RR.com "Build Trains not Lanes"