Wednesday, May 11, 2005
LA vs SF
We went to LA last weekend. We surfed at Huntington Beach and saw a Dodger game and an Angel game. Housing is cheaper in the LA area than it is in the Bay area. I am not sure why. I guess it is because of the higher traffic, higher crime, higher smog, less jobs, and more land in LA. Maybe not, maybe it is something else.
Bay area people seem to dislike LA in general. I am not sure I understand that feeling, I like LA a lot, but maybe I am just a sucker for surfing in water that is about 5 degrees warmer. All the problems of LA vanish when you can catch wave after beautiful wave at the Huntington Beach Pier.
When we were driving on the 605 Freeway to Long Beach at about 11 am Thursday morning there was a tremendous amount of trucks going both ways. I would guess the traffic was 80% trucks. I wonder if that is a problem? It probably is. Here is how I would fix it:
1) Make a law, trucks should not be allowed to transfer goods more than 100 miles. Make all the long trips go by train. If we need more train infrastructure to pay for it, I have an idea that could save us a billion dollars a day, PULL OUT OF IRAQ!
2) Double the price of gas. That's right, double it, Price fix it at $5/gallon. Put the money into trains, public transportation and alternative energy sources like solar power, wind power, fuel cells, biodiesel. I'd like to think it won't take a war or a return to the stone age to get the world using other forms of energy than oil.
3) Open the borders and try to get Canada and Mexico to use the US Dollar. The Euro is doing very well as a united european currency, we could strike back. Money exchangers drain the economy, get rid of them.
Ok so my plan hurts the economy and truckers lose jobs. I think saving the earth may be worth it.
Bay area people seem to dislike LA in general. I am not sure I understand that feeling, I like LA a lot, but maybe I am just a sucker for surfing in water that is about 5 degrees warmer. All the problems of LA vanish when you can catch wave after beautiful wave at the Huntington Beach Pier.
When we were driving on the 605 Freeway to Long Beach at about 11 am Thursday morning there was a tremendous amount of trucks going both ways. I would guess the traffic was 80% trucks. I wonder if that is a problem? It probably is. Here is how I would fix it:
1) Make a law, trucks should not be allowed to transfer goods more than 100 miles. Make all the long trips go by train. If we need more train infrastructure to pay for it, I have an idea that could save us a billion dollars a day, PULL OUT OF IRAQ!
2) Double the price of gas. That's right, double it, Price fix it at $5/gallon. Put the money into trains, public transportation and alternative energy sources like solar power, wind power, fuel cells, biodiesel. I'd like to think it won't take a war or a return to the stone age to get the world using other forms of energy than oil.
3) Open the borders and try to get Canada and Mexico to use the US Dollar. The Euro is doing very well as a united european currency, we could strike back. Money exchangers drain the economy, get rid of them.
Ok so my plan hurts the economy and truckers lose jobs. I think saving the earth may be worth it.
# posted by Mike @ 11:26 AM 
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What a radical! I'm impressed. I'm all for your ideas, and have become a big fan of trains since my son discovered "Thomas." When I was in England, not only did most people use trains (they linked all the small villages we travelled in) -- but they also used foot paths and were much more fit because of it. I noticed that seats in public places were much more snug on my ass (smaller) than American public seats. Would better public transportation reduce the American obesity epidemic? I think so. You're on to something.
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