Replies to post #2148 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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i suspected the intended subject was CNG for vehicles but i like to make people suffer for their lack of clarity ;^)

i don't see how a gov't subsidized infrastructure build is affordable or warranted in the US. If my memory is correct a subsidized intrastate operation in the western US (i think Utah but might've been WY or CO) had to be shut down last year because it failed to live up to projected demand and cost. The transportation industry isn't the "field of dreams" that some folks naively make it out to be. Of course, I also have difficulty understanding how a high speed train between Tampa and Orlando provides value to anybody but the folks who build the train and the tracks.