Re: Terraforming the Moon

From: habshi (habshi_at_anony.com)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:22:41 GMT

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 16:40:41 +0000 (UTC), jimp@specsol-spam-sux.com
wrote:
>No one in their right mind ships things by rail unless it is too big or
too heavy to put on a truck for a whole lot of reasons habshi would
never understand.<

        I dont think you think after reading my articles .
What is wrong with putting long distance lorries on to flat rail
wagons , running on six or more lane rail lines underground?
That way we dont need millions of level crossings overground and will
save billions of man hours of driving and make goods a lot cheaper.

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