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Old 02-16-11, 01:55 PM   #14
gimpy117
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Originally Posted by Growler View Post
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Am Trak.
Am Trak is out of date when it comes to people moving. Its slow and outdated and unable to compete with Aircraft: which are HEAVILY Dependant on oil. If you fly coast to coast you have burned more fuel than driving all year. I'm studying to enter the industry and I can even see that aircraft as the main source of travel for our society is unsustainable. It simply uses to much fuel, and unless there is some magic breakthrough, you can't power a flying machine on clean energy.

Oh and By the way, Amtrak was set up by the government in 1971 and all of its preferred stock is held by the US federal govt.
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