We have nearly 3 CENTURIES of 100% of our petroleum needs (including fuel) right within the Continental US.
Shale Oil and Tar Sands are very low quality petroleum deposits that require much more difficult and expensive methods of extraction than traditional oil. The simple fact that you have to hype them as some bogus indicator of bountiful petroleum based energy is evidence that depletion of traditional oil resources and Peak Oil theory is real.
Please read my post, follow the references. You’ll see it’s documented to be economical at $20-$25 per barrel. Exxon, RAND, and others make the case with actual science and facts.
But you’re the master of lack-of-facts, just stating something and leaving it at that. Peak oil is a myth, high speed rail is WAY too expensive for the US to consider.
Go ahead, Willie - how about justifying a $376 per TRIP subsidy. Or show me where my numbers are wrong. Put some facts down on paper, prove your case. Or simply be shown - once again - to be an empty-headed shill for trains.