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   Stephen Sprunk to conklin   
   Re: NEC future report   
   13 Nov 14 12:16:26   
   
   From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 06-Nov-14 18:24, conklin wrote:   
   > Interesting report.  But at some point the airlines are going to have   
   > to put large planes to work on the East Coast to carry future demand.   
   > Many small airplanes simply clog up the runways.   
      
   The trend is toward smaller planes because they can just bribe   
   politicians to spend billions in taxpayers' money expanding airports.   
      
   > Trains do not have the option of larger cars.   
      
   Trains have the option of adding more cars, which is both more flexible   
   and more cost-effective than replacing small planes with big planes.   
      
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