People need to look beyond..
Trucking anything over long distances is inherently uneconomical compared to moving it my rail. Just think how many more tractor / trailer trucks and drivers are required to transport the load carried by a single Santa Fe goods carrying train. Figure out the fuel / kg / mile cost difference. I know my argument would not go down with most Americans who have been raised on the door to door transport in their gas guzzling vehicles. I will take train transport over driving any day as I did for more than 6 years in Chicago. I had the time to catch up on my technical reading without the tension of any fender benders or high blood pressure. At 67 I look much younger than most Americans at 50. I have a very comfortable retired living AND can afford my own medicare, even without any health insurance.
To those - Americans - who are talking about European countries going bankrupt had better look at the figures owed by yourselves. Even your economy is living on borrowed time. Don't think only in comparative terms. Learn to think in absolute terms. Just wait till Chinese products find enough outlet elsewhere and they stop lending you the money !!
