What relevance is this comment of, to anything?

On what basis would you make that argument? China has over 15,000 miles of high speed lines currently, and is projected to reach 25,000 miles in a decade or so. China has 1.3 billion or so people. The U.S. has 300 something million.

On what basis would you make that argument? China has over 15,000 miles of high speed lines currently, and is projected to reach 25,000 miles in a decade or so. China has 1.3 billion or so people. The U.S. has 300 something million.

Be easy on him, it’s not like he has the internet and can look up simple facts for himself in two or three seconds!

Have you seen what our interstate density looks like, eastern states vs. western states? Would you ask that the U.S. government maintain even density across all states?

Ok, but tell us why pre-62 U.S. taillights had black, light blocking plastic in them between the bulb and the lens?

400, but they’ll be sent by only five people.

Sure thing, protest about it on the internet man.

Care to provide where you get this “21 trillion” figure?

She is, all things considered, far more relevant than you are.

In B4 the “high speed rail won’t work because ‘merica big” posts are made by people who don’t realize there are countries bigger than the U.S. that have high speed rail systems.

How many “jalopnik magazine is to political” emails are you trying to get this time?

What’s it called when the government takes tax money and gives it to corporations to keep people employed?

Lloyd basically invented the modern car, gets no credit for it. Front wheel drive, transverse engine, 9 years before the British Mini that hogs all the glory for this innovation. Lloyd’s sister company Goliath had the first production car with fuel injection, several years ahead of Mercedes.

Most studies (like more than 90%) on the efficiency of ethanol fuel production since the 1990s show that from field to vehicle, it produces less green house gas/consumes less energy than equivalent production of gasoline.

For those who like facts, a little reading.

What about ethanol from other sources? It was already well known, 40 years ago, that corn is not an efficient crop for production of ethanol fuel - but I suppose the Sugar Beet Lobby doesn’t have much sway in Washington.

It is my understanding that this was true, about uh, a half century ago, but is no longer a practical concern given the efficiency of modern agriculture and distilling. Of course, corn is not the best crop for alcohol production in terms of space needed vs. yield, but even so - it’s an antique argument isn’t it?…

Is the use of ethanol bad for the environment? How so? And compared to what?

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