News flash
Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) negotiating with UP to double back first train of day from Stockton to Livermore to haul even more commuters due to traffic demands.
Rumored that ACE will also be ordering additional cars and power to expand service even more.
ACE even planning new commuter route from Stockton to Sacramento with morning and evening rush hour trains. Amtrak already operates two trains on this route but not conducive to commuters as they run in wrong directions for commuters.
News flash
Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) negotiating with UP to double back first train of day from Stockton to Livermore to haul even more commuters due to traffic demands.
Rumored that ACE will also be ordering additional cars and power to expand service even more.
ACE even planning new commuter route from Stockton to Sacramento with morning and evening rush hour trains. Amtrak already operates two trains on this route but not conducive to commuters as they run in wrong directions for commuters.
From the WP:
How We Got to $3 a Gallon
By Robert J. Samuelson
Wednesday, May 3, 2006; A23
"The United States has the energy policy it deserves, although not the one it needs. Having been told for years that their addiction to cheap gasoline was on a collision course with increasingly insecure supplies of foreign oil, Americans are horrified to discover that this is actually the case. But for all the public outcry and political hysteria, high gasoline prices haven’t significantly hurt the economy – and may not do so. Since 2003 the economy has grown about 3.6 percent annually. It’s still advancing briskly. That may be the real news.
"But first, how did we get to $3 a gallon? The basic story is simple enough. Oil was cheap in the 1990s. From 1993 to 1999, crude prices averaged about $17 a barrel. Low prices discouraged exploration and encouraged consumption. China emerged as a big user. In 1995 global demand was about 70 million barrels daily; now it’s almost 84 million barrels daily.
"Spare production capacity slowly vanished, meaning that now any supply interruption – or rumor of interruption – sends prices up sharply. An Iraqi pipeline is attacked; prices jump. Nigerian rebels menace oil fields; prices jump.
“These pressures get transmitted quickly to the pump, because there are few fixed-price contracts in the oil business. At each stage of distribution – from producers to refiners, from refiners to retailers – prices are adjusted quickly. They’re often tied to prices on major commodities exchanges, where oil and other raw materials are traded.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/02/AR2006050201491.html
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