2) Your area estimate of Germany ended in 1990. Today's Germany is significantly larger than Oregon. The former West Germany was about the size of Oregon.
The car I was driving was either a
1967 Pontiac Firebird with a 4 speed
manual transmission and a 400 cubic
inch engine or a 1969 Camaro with
a Turbo 400 three speed automatic
transmission, a 396 cubic inch
engine, and a 2.56 rear axle ratio.
> 2)
Sorry about the area of Germany -- I was
drawing just from memory from a remark in some
history video. I should have looked
up the area.
I should also add detail to the welfare
economics cost/benefit analysis of the
Baltimore subway system: The analysis
counted the construction cost as $0.
The only costs considered were the
direct marginal operating costs and the on-going
maintenance costs. Still the cost/benefit
analysis failed. Net, in the US it is just super
tough to make passenger trains pay.
1) $0.25 gas ended circa 1973 if not before.
2) Your area estimate of Germany ended in 1990. Today's Germany is significantly larger than Oregon. The former West Germany was about the size of Oregon.