tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937602330391830242.post6144372876058322747..comments2023-03-25T02:17:56.058-10:00Comments on Say Yes to the Honolulu Rail System: Are Critics Right? Is Starting Rail Ahead of FFGA ‘Reckless’? Civil Beat Finds Many USA Projects Began before Federal Funds Were Certain, Plus: You Really Must Read Energy ‘Outlook’ for 2020Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937602330391830242.post-31475457798905472182012-04-08T10:06:29.801-10:002012-04-08T10:06:29.801-10:00Thanks for reading, Anonymous, and since you do, p...Thanks for reading, Anonymous, and since you do, please point out anywhere in three-plus years of Yes2Rail posts that I have justified rail by saying the primary reason to build it is to reduce congestion and/or create jobs. You won't find that here. The reason is to AVOID congestion. As for suppressing environmental safeguards, rail has been held to the standard of existing law, not what you're complaining about that's now in the Legislature.<br /><br />Rail won't make the world better for people who won't ride it; that's you, right? But it will absolutely make life better for people who choose to ride the train. What it will do for the rest of the world isn't even worth discussing.Doug Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937602330391830242.post-249288243477122262012-04-07T23:30:41.525-10:002012-04-07T23:30:41.525-10:00Doug I respect and appreciate your perspective. Th...Doug I respect and appreciate your perspective. The blog you referred to is essentially an end-of-days believer in some bizarre future of scarcity. It's as if we're going to go back to some prehistoric past and our only mode of transportation will be rail-the-savior. <br /><br />It really shows how far you folks have to go to justify your project. First it was about congestion but now we see that's not the case. Then is was about the 10,000 jobs and now we it's a net jobs loss when you factor the mainland hires coming here. Then it was for development but now we see the only way to get there is by suppressing every environmental safeguard we've had since statehood.<br /><br />So now you're at at "the world is coming to an end and rail will make it better".<br /><br />Well I'll be using my flying car powered by banana peels so I think we'll be ok.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com