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   XPost: nf.general, ont.general   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Mar 21, 2024, Dhu on Gate wrote   
   (in article ):   
      
   > On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:25:16 -0230, David Dalton wrote:   
   >   
   > > On Mar 21, 2024, David Dalton wrote   
   > > (in article<0001HW.2BACB51200010E34700000C6A38F@news.eternal   
   september.org>)   
   > > :   
   > >   
   > > > Instead of the federal government giving back much of the Carbon   
   > > > Tax in rebates, they should direct the money to improving public   
   > > > transit nationally, including in rural areas.   
   > > >   
   > > > For example, in recent years there has been a loss of Greyhound   
   > > > in Western Canada, and that contributes to the ongoing crisis   
   > > > os missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, since   
   > > > many of them resort to hitchhiking.   
   > > >   
   > > > On a local (Newfoundland) basis, several years ago there was   
   > > > a loss of Fleetline bus, which used to operate on the coastal   
   > > > Conception Bay Highway between St. John’s and Conception   
   > > > Bay North, and which was a valuable service fo students   
   > > > travelling home for the weekend and for seniors and others   
   > > > going into the city for medical appointments or shopping.   
   > > >   
   > > > But of course there could also be an improvement in public   
   > > > transit in urban (including small cities) and suburban areas.   
   > > >   
   > > > And I think the NDP would support the LIberals in such an   
   > > > initiative, maybe even to the extent of forming a coalition   
   > > > before the next election.   
   > >   
   > > And indeed, the planned transition to electric vehicles   
   > > is not practical; instead (or as well) there must be a   
   > > rapid evolution of private cars to public transit.   
   >   
   > Location, location, location, Dave. Electrics only really   
   > make any sense in dense urban environments, where they really   
   > do rock ;-)   
   >   
   > Dhu   
      
   Perhaps hydrogen fuel cell vehicles would have a longer   
   range and better performance in low temperatures.   
      
   And in the long term I envisage a hyperloop backbone,   
   perhaps partly funded by Elon Musk.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill;   
   And the hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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