Reply #74: I agree in principle and would support that idea, but.... [View All]

[RichardRay]

how do we deal with the spaces between the cities?

I understand that those of us in rural areas cannot expect to 'wag the dog', but we do live here. The county I live in is larger than many small states, but has only 20,000 people spread across it. There is no way that light rail or even rubber tire mass transit is economically fesible here, the economies just don't scale.

What do we do? How do we pay for $5/gallon gas? The only thing I can think of is that we have to raise the prices we get for the things we ship to the rest of the country (energy and food) and for the access to the resources we provide (recreation and conservation).