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So people think that Ken Henry is in our parliamentry system? Confusing a public servant with a politician.... says a lot about Ken Henry's role of late...

Good thread concept but I disagree that there is a significant academic impulse towards a reduced state, most academics are supported by the state and spend their time thinking of new ways for the govt to intervene.... Similarly I think that many people like increased govt spending...

That would imply that no one was adversely effected by the noise and no negative externality existed?

It is if the stadiums neighbours have noise rights which the concert organisers have to buy..... this could be covered by the market in a variety of ways... torts for one... EDIT: b10

No. - All minierals are not the same - Mining is not a no risk (6% return) industry - 40% of losses is forced nationalisation at best and a promise miners can't rely on at best - Undermines Federalism - Hurts competitiveness of Australian mining and threatens our prosperity - Govt should...

Things which might cause a lot of pollution: tunneling through mountain ranges

If the concern is environmental then any savings which a HSR corridor might deliver need to be compared to other ways we could reduce environmental impact. Even if we could conclude that HSR had half the carbon footprint of air travel that alone does not make the case of HSR. To illustrate this...

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Population density means nothing???? Are you serious???? The less dense the population the longer the distance between population centres. This has a whole host of ramifications including: - more expensive to construct - greater speed advantage to planes - less people to travel on it - more...

No sneer intended. You are right and I was being semi tongue in cheek :P

If I've learned anything in the last half-decade it is that debate is worth having and new people debating old issues might not be valuable to old people (us) but is to them. Oh and bar some notable exceptions the conclusion and potential circle-jerk will be that we should have a republic...

I think there is a case for rezoning some of the national highways. But by and large suburban and urban speed limits are pretty close to the mark. Skaife also touches on driver training which is something we definitely could do better.

I think it would be a good idea but it is very low on my priority list.

Additional stations will make it green and profitable. There is no need to consider the effect that additional stations would have on speed.

Read the bloody articles. They look at a host of 'associated costs' including: - Comparative carbon cost of cars, buses, trains and HSR - Cost of car accidents - Cost of traffic congestion

Crunching the numbers for a hypothetical example of a 240mile HSR link between Houston and Dallas. How Big Are the Environmental Benefits of High-Speed Rail? - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com And on the so-called environmental benefits: High-Speed Rail and CO2 - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com

A deeply flawed bill which didn't really deliver on the hype. Also see DADT, Guantanamo, Iraq/Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine, etc...

How Big Are the Environmental Benefits of High-Speed Rail? - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com High-Speed Rail and CO2 - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com Citation required. We do chose how we travel and speed is a big factor. If I'm doing a day-trip to Sydney or Melbourne for meetings do I...

The action can't meet the rhetoric (a more pronounced version of the same problem Obama is having).