What I would be interested in is some type of rail connecting small rural farming communities. At one time all of these small towns had a rail trunk; the old rail station in my town is used as a Kiwanis meeting center. Many of these rail lines were removed when the interstates came. My thinking is that these rail systems could be connected to local hubs which would be then tied to the main system. Should be a lot more efficient than trucking and personal transportation, and it might revitalize these small towns for futre centers of locally produced agriculture. Any one have any plans for something like this?

Hello Bruce from Chicago,

My proposal if we can't expand Alan Drake's ideas as fast as FF-energy depletes:

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4229/370972

Another consideration posted yesterday:

Hello TODers,

I was just watching the 'Cambodian Bamboo Train' video again, then I started wondering:
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Is this country now so poor from ELM and rising I-NPK prices that possibly many, or most of these rudimentary trains are now just rotting away in the jungle weeds?
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Yikes!! :(

Bob Shaw in Phx,Az Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?