[Vision2020] Sometimes the Good Guys Win (even if it's just temporary)

[nickgier at roadrunner.com]

Hi Paul,

Just to back up Tom a bit more.  Every single in-depth analysis sent to IDT from FlightingGoliath.org has focused on load weight, load width, load length, and the 15-minute rule.  In terms of the first three the Exxon-Mobil loads are far wider, longer, and heavier than anything they have heretofore permitted. In each instance, these people have proved that the IDT will fail to follow their own rules.  The judge should rule in their favor.

They have also emphasized the potential loss to the 150 businesses along the hiway, which produce $150 million in revenue each year.

Nick

---- Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> My apologies to all the kind folk that I have wronged with my 
> statement.  I guess it just appeared that everyone was wanting to stick 
> it to Big Oil.  There seemed to be a lot of stress put on the notion 
> that it was all part of the Alberta Tar Sands project.  But I guess that 
> was my mistake for making too many inferences.
> 
> Well, problem solved.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Tom Hansen wrote:
> > Paul Rumelhart, without substantiation, stated:
> >
> > "Everybody seems to be looking to this as a 'win' for the 'good guys'
> > because we are in effect sticking it to Big Oil."
> >
> > Wrong, Mr. Rumelhart.  My concern, as well as everybody else with whom I
> > have spoken, relates to the potential for serious damage, not only to the
> > highway, but the environment if an accident were to happen.
> >
> > Take a look at:
> >
> > http://www.MoscowCares.com/Highway12
> >
> > Nowhere does it even imply that people are upset with "Big Oil".  Can you
> > even begin to imagine the damage, and the costs related to repairing that
> > damage, if a road or bridge were to collapse under the pressure of cargo
> > (six feet wider than the road) weighing 200 tons.
> >
> > Do you see what I'm saying?
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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