Russell,

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:49:32 +1200, Russell McMahon wrote:

> ALL *really* vast engineering projects require either government 
> underwriting or total payment for, or for the original investors to 
> lose out badly and be bought out by others who make it work, or who 
> are in turn bought out by others, who in turn ... until it reaches a 
> point where the economics works. cf eg Delta Project, Concorde, 
> Shuttle, Iridium, Chunnel, Nuclear power, ... .

Someone ought to tell the politicians that.  At least our current lot, who seem to think that private ventures are the answer to everything, and will 
magically cost less and provide more.  Queue up on the left for your Free Lunch!  :-)

Cheers,

 

Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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