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  • Re: Mass Transit's REAL Cost

    I believe that Ecology, Economy, and Efficiency would all prosper greatly from inexpensive Electricity. Heating, Transportation, nearly everything can done better with Electricty IF it is cheap. There are many innovative technolgies that could be employed to generate huge amounts of electricity, some space-based. And of course if Fusion ever ...
    Posted to Lee Teschler's Editorial Comment (Forum) by SalemCat on December 11, 2008
  • Mass Transit's REAL Cost

    The City of Seattle has calculated their Busses average 3.8 MPG. A new Volkswagen Diesel Jetta is rated at 38 MPG. That means right off the bat the Bus needs more than 10 Passengers at any time to even equal the impact of 10 Jetta's driving the same route. But it gets worse. The Busses spend a portion of each day transporting the Driver further, ...
    Posted to Lee Teschler's Editorial Comment (Forum) by SalemCat on December 10, 2008