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Re: RAILTARDS=Down Boy=Don't Bite 'em
Author: Juppo
Date: 12-20-2012 - 15:19
Mike Swanson Wrote:
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> Actually, that "researcher" and a good many others
> like him/her (along with quite a few more elected
> officials than one might believe likely) do know
> very well what efforts the railroad and trucking
> industries and their suppliers have made in
> reducing emissions and improving fuel economy. The
> reason why they don't show that knowledge is
> because it wouldn't fit well with whatever their
> goals or agendas may be (none of which are
> obviously very railroad or truck-friendly). It's
> far easier for them to ignore the truth than it is
> for them to work their agendas around it (and much
> easier than trying to incorporate that truth into
> an agenda which contradicts it), after all...
Don't fool yourself into thinking the railroad and trucking industries (or any other industrial corporations for that matter) spending billions of dollars on emissions equipment has anything to with ethics or good will. They wouldn't spend a single dollar on safety or environmental equipment if unions and government regulators didn't force them under threat of law.
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> Actually, that "researcher" and a good many others
> like him/her (along with quite a few more elected
> officials than one might believe likely) do know
> very well what efforts the railroad and trucking
> industries and their suppliers have made in
> reducing emissions and improving fuel economy. The
> reason why they don't show that knowledge is
> because it wouldn't fit well with whatever their
> goals or agendas may be (none of which are
> obviously very railroad or truck-friendly). It's
> far easier for them to ignore the truth than it is
> for them to work their agendas around it (and much
> easier than trying to incorporate that truth into
> an agenda which contradicts it), after all...
Don't fool yourself into thinking the railroad and trucking industries (or any other industrial corporations for that matter) spending billions of dollars on emissions equipment has anything to with ethics or good will. They wouldn't spend a single dollar on safety or environmental equipment if unions and government regulators didn't force them under threat of law.
