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Greens have a concrete idea that such rising fuel costs must equal great public transit...and they are even willing to tax the heck out of fuel to prove their point. I live in Germany....where I consider mass transit at its absolute peak. In the bigger cities...it works...but primarily because of traffic clogs. Once you get outside of metropolitan areas...it doesn’t work period.
I used to use a train...whenever my car was in the shop...to get from work to home. At 5:30pm....there were a total of 12 people on a 80-passenger train. Economically...its hard to justify running a train like this...but I’m sure the state pays alot of cash to make sure it runs.