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[Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 2/24/2008, you wrote:
> When
> oil depeletes so far that we cannot even power trains with it (unlikely, 
> that),
> then it would be a good use of a few tons of coal or a few cords of wood, or
> saved up electricity to power a tain to deliver oranges.

One vision of a reduced oil supply is an increase in electric trains.  At 
one time you could travel just about anywhere in the midwest by electric 
interurban. There were miles of electrified rails in the Pacific northwest 
and most large cities has extensive electrified local and interurban rail 
lines.  My mother remembers the Big Red Cars and outings to Long Beach. The 
convenience of the automobile fueled by cheap energy ended the electric rail.



Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com