Re: 2 EL's on Patrick's

[Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au>]

And meanwhile, the truckies are laughing their way to the bank. As has been 
stated many times before, competition among rail operators will cause the 
railways eventual demise. 

Do people not realise that interstate trucks are wasteful and dangerous? 

Wasteful I say, because for what one train can pull, you need a huge amount 
of trucks. More prime movers = more polution. More drivers = more money 
spent.

Dangerous I say, because many truck drivers work dangerous hours, and do it 
illegally, i.e. keeping a second logbook, taking drugs to cope with the 
long hours, getting very little sleep.

I bet the trucking companies are sitting there laughing at the railways 
right now. Pushing to allow bigger trucks into the cities to clog our 
already congested roads.

As far as the governments veiw on this goes, where the f*** is the logic? 
Who else other than the government would sell of your biggest money making 
asset? (i use Telstra as the example in this case, but the railways 
certainly count too).

Regards
Michael

Maurie Daly said in message <mauried.361.382FC006@commslab.gov.au>, I
therefore quote: 

>
>Yes , I dont understand the rationale for the rejection, 
>I would have grabbed them simply to keep them out of my competitors
>hands although it may have looked a bit dodgy if NRC simply stored them.
>There is quite a bit of disquiet from the private rail operators about
>the number of Govt owned locos in storage.
>

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