[biblewonk]

I'd love to see an increase in rail use of all forms. I don't think this country wants to be that efficient though. I've read that there are a million truck drivers in this country and I think we prefer the gross inefficiency of paying all of them and pumping diesel into all of those inefficient trucks. That's a lot of jobs and a big part of the economy that I think politicians are afraid to touch.

[newgeezer]

I'd love to see an increase in rail use of all forms.

All right, 'fess up! How much rail stock do you own, Thurston?

[Phantom Lord]

Everything you buy got to where you bought it by truck. Build all the rail you want, but eventually every product you purchase still got to the store in a truck.

[Tauzero]

"I don't think this country wants to be that efficient though."

Efficiency is not an objective term. Calling something efficient or inefficient is a subjective value judgement.