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Article #6825Re: Are you FED UP with high gas prices?!
From: Jerry Whelan
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 00:00
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In article <4qc01k$fbg@jec326.its.rpi.edu>, James Kokernak <kokerj@jec326.its.rpi.edu> wrote: -} -} I'd pay the $4-$5 per gallon that the Germans pay if we could -} have roads of their quality...and driver education of their -} quality. Our gas prices are not high at all. Actually, we could have German quality roads without German level gas prices. A few years back there was very interesting expose type show (frontline?) on PBS that answered the question why our roads are always in such a state of disrepair. The answer was that we are still building roads with 1950s technology. The road building business in America is so corrupt that most of the contractors are able to get away with minimal upgrades to their equipment and materials. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jerry Whelan -- Information Superman jerryw@convex.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1042c7,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1042c7,public X-Google-Thread: 11474a,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: fc3d9,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc3d9,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 101dd2,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid101dd2,public X-Google-Thread: f6c48,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6c48,public X-Google-Thread: 106595,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid106595,public From: jerryw@convex.com (Jerry Whelan) Subject: Re: Are you FED UP with high gas prices?! Date: 1996/06/20 Message-ID: <4qct4r$qlq@imagine.convex.com> X-Deja-AN: 161306659 references: <4qa110$6u4@news.scruz.net> <4qc01k$fbg@jec326.its.rpi.edu> organization: Convex Technology Center of Hewlett Packard, Richardson, Tx USA newsgroups: misc.consumers,uiuc.consumers,alt.consumers.experiences,relcom.consumers,uiuc.misc.consumers,ba.consumers,misc.consumers.frugal-living