by george matthews
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/796433
Overlander to cease in NZ (Auckland to Wellington)
I wish NZ would adopt a similar policy to Iceland's - phasing out the use of oil. In that case a good policy would be to electrify the remaining part of the route. Oil is going to continue to rise in price anyway. NZ, like Iceland, has plenty of indigenous sources of energy.
It's a pity that NZ is stuck with the Cape gauge, when a world standard gauge would have allowed much higher speeds, able to compete with air.
Overlander to cease in NZ (Auckland to Wellington)
I wish NZ would adopt a similar policy to Iceland's - phasing out the use of oil. In that case a good policy would be to electrify the remaining part of the route. Oil is going to continue to rise in price anyway. NZ, like Iceland, has plenty of indigenous sources of energy.
It's a pity that NZ is stuck with the Cape gauge, when a world standard gauge would have allowed much higher speeds, able to compete with air.
Last edited by george matthews on Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:26 am, edited 1 time in total.
