Comments on: Barack Obama: Boost Our Infrastructure, Boost the Economy

By: miranda

miranda — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:37:30 +0000

An interesting idea. Of course, there are are issues involved with who would pay for it, tolls and tariffs, etc. But it would probably help lower transportation and shipping costs. There are certainly many places where continents could be connected.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:57:21 +0000

I think that one infrastructure project that President Obama should consider is the Trans-Global Highway, proposed by Frank X. Didik a number of years ago. According to Didik, the proposed “highway”, which would contain roads, rail roads, water, oil and gas pipes as well electric and communication cables. The highway would use and standardize the existing road networks and build new roads as well as a number of key tunnels. Interestingly, the longest Tunnel in the proposal, would still be shorter than the longest existing tunnel today. It would seem that there are many advantages to the construction of the Trans Global Highway including vastly lower cost and faster shipping, better allocation of resources, the ability of utilizing raw materials and much lower carbon emissions, than the existing transportation system. The highway would open up a new era of international cooperation. The Trans-Global Highway site is located at http://www.TransGlobalHighway.com

By: Miranda

Miranda — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:48:43 +0000

True, things aren’t as simple. But I don’t see why we couldn’t do an infrastructure upgrade. The roads are bad in a lot of places. And another major concern I have is the power grid. It’s extremely outdated.

By: Jean Murray

Jean Murray — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:08:26 +0000

The U.S. isn’t as simple a place as it was in the Depression. This is a good idea, but we might find that it isn’t that easy. For example, we didn’t have OSHA, EPA, etc. back then. I’m for anything that will get our roads back in shape. Here in the Midwest, they are awful.

By: Miranda

Miranda — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:23:50 +0000

I agree that often good principles go awry. However, I do think that improving our infrastructure is a good idea. Since it needs to be done.

By: Eric Eggertson

Eric Eggertson — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:48:45 +0000

The idea of putting people to work for a useful purpose was successful during the Depression, though there are many horror stories about make-work projects that served no purpose.

The devil, as usual, is in the details, but it’s also in the principles. If you start with the right concept, and manage it properly, you can achieve great things.