tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post1503084530037245883..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Edmonton Council Ditch Trolleybuses, Are ShortsightedPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-28199275845374732222008-06-20T09:19:00.000-07:002008-06-20T09:19:00.000-07:00Just try to convince them that the trolleybuses ar...Just try to convince them that the trolleybuses are really "plug-in hybrids". Then they sound cool and new. And for stupid de-electrifications, you can't beat the Milwaukee Railroad, which de-electrified so that it could sell the copper wire for scrap. At the height of the 70s oil crisis.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-13487785836136608632008-06-20T05:04:00.000-07:002008-06-20T05:04:00.000-07:00Ah, another example of those who don't study histo...Ah, another example of those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it.<BR/><BR/>If I remember correctly, we had an "energy crisis in the 1970s. And the Chicago Transit Authority took that point in time to get rid of their electric trollybuses.kenfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276884726616782475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-81325946555537092362008-06-20T02:38:00.000-07:002008-06-20T02:38:00.000-07:00Just so you know. The ETS head of transportation w...Just so you know. The ETS head of transportation was using WIKIPEDIA as a source in the debate. Yes WIKIPEDIA.<BR/><BR/>That alone says a lot about the state of transit in Edmonton.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17536532964936231120noreply@blogger.com