Steve... I agree Price of Gas or MPG wont do it, what will possibly do it is when it takes 4 -5 hours by car to drive 50 miles on Rt80 in NJ!!!!!!!!! and that is far closer to happening than anyone wants to realize btw I mean 5 hours on a good day 8-10 if theres a crash anywher> From: STEVEZ10_@_aol.com> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:02:17 -0500> Subject: Re: (erielack) Bingo-NYC> To: erielack@lists.elhts.org> > > In a message dated 12/3/2007 9:48:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > schuyler.larrabee@verizon.net writes:> > But still, never say never. Those folks there still wanna get to the "Big > City" you know. And when> gas gets to be $5-6 per gallon, and the Feds get smart and stop subsidizing > the airlines . . . .> well, ok, THAT will take a long time, but still . . .> > > > > True, is 2035 or 2040 considered "never" if you won't be around to see it > then?! > > I agree, never say never, however there is a greater chance, at this point > that the "NEVER" overules the "POSSIBLE," even if gas is at $5.00 a gallon, sad > to say. They are already talking about making low gas mileage cars and it > would be a law to have every car get at least 45 miles to the gallon. But that > is a topic for another list..! People are still too in love with the highways > and their cars to make railroads a funding priority.> > Steve> > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products.> (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)> > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List> Sponsored by the ELH&TS> http://www.elhts.org> To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html _________________________________________________________________ You keep typing, we keep giving. Download Messenger and join the i’m Initiative now. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGLM The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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