>  KW> That's corporate greed. Corporations lobby to promote legislation that
>  KW> allows them to continue. The answer is campaign finance reform, but the
>  KW> people who can vote that in have the most to lose.

Corporate greed is a simplification and ignores that yes indeed government
policies play into what happens.

>   That's what the railroads are doing today with this "precision scale
> railroading". They are making monster trains that are 3 miles long...and
> many areas have crossings blocked for hours. With all that kinetic energy,
> you can't stop those on a dime...it's a major disaster waiting to happen.
> If areas know the extent of hazardous chemicals the trains were hauling,
> they'd want the railroads shut down. But, the only way to move these hazmat
> items is by rail...and many of these go into products we use every day.

It is much better to have those chemicals on trains than being carried by
trucks on interstate highways full of people.

Mike

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