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Originally posted by chris vickery
FV623, with all due respect, the nation we call Canada, CANNOT survive with fuel prices like these!....
...Do you have any idea how many transport trucks are used in this country? It is over 5000km coast to coast.....
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What must be understood is the sheer width and breadth of North America and our dependence upon truck transport to bridge those distances and all points in between. While rail
is viable between major centres, it's impossible to even conceive of extending that network everywhere. Everything we use, from lumber to food must inevitably be loaded on a truck at some point.
And I daresay, the distance from coast to coast is probably more like 4500
miles if you're measuring the road distance. Hey Yappy, look that up for us! Halifax to Vancouver by road, without shortcuts through the States. Report back accordingly.
As an aside, although I hate living in Toronto, thank god I get to take the streetcar to work....
