[Gasification] Aviation'sroleinglobalwarming...9/11aftermathprovestheoriesonH20incontrailsin dramatic fashion.

[Greg and April]

You have that totally mixed up.


The railroads, do not have the government subsidies that airlines do, that 
allow the airlines to drop the cost of air travel.    After 9/11, the 
airlines received a $15 billion bailout package, yet Amtrak received 
nothing, even though they had to increase service in response to the 
increase in service.

When leading Amtrak critic Arizona Senator John McCain demanded of Amtrak's 
leader David L. Gunn, a total elimination of all operating subsidies, Gunn, 
asked McCain, if he would also demand the same of the commuter airlines, 
upon whom the citizens of Arizona are dependent, McCain, refused to reply.



Why insist that one type of transportation ( and the most efficient one at 
that ) give up the very thing that all other types of transportation ( 
including the most inefficient ) need to operate?


The biggest problem came from nationalizing passenger train travel, then not 
supporting it, by insisting than passenger traffic be given a higher 
priority on the rails, and given the same treatment as freight traffic.

Amtrak has to pay fees to each major railroad, who actually owns the rails. 
Had passenger train travel not been nationalized, and the major railroads 
ran their own passenger service, then the passengers fairs wouldn't be going 
to pay for using the rails that the particular company owned, just for those 
trains that ran on other company rails.

Amtrak tried to increase revenue by adding minor freight, and the big 
railroads took that as a slap in the face and increased the fees that Amtrak 
had to pay to them, in response.    So now if congress really wants to make 
Amtrak self sufficient, they should put a cap on the fees that the major 
railroads charges Amtrak, and mandate that passenger trains get fair 
treatment vs. freight.


Greg H.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenn Johnsen" <kennj at webspeed.dk>
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[Gasification]Aviation'sroleinglobalwarming...9/11aftermathprovestheoriesonH20incontrailsin 
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> Railroads is an outdated form of transportations, it can not survive
> without government money - regulation support. It is making us all
> poorer.
>
> Kenn
>