Re: Why Wooden Sleepers are better. Was [NSW] CityRail Delays Friday

[The Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

So can wood.
rgds

Andrew McNamara wrote:
> 
> Matthew Geier wrote:
> 
> >  Now what is more environmentally friendly, a soft wood treated with
> > copper-cynaide, a hard-wood from a tree that took 100 years to grow,
> > or a concrete sleeper made out of 'dirt' dug up out of the ground.
> >
> >  Given how much longer the concrete ones last, even with all the mining
> > involved, they probably come out ahead in the 'greenie' stakes!.
> 
> And concrete can be recycled.
> 
> Whatever the case, it has to be better than a 6 lane freeway.