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...economic challenges. The nation's levees are failing. So are its sewage systems, which the environmental group American Rivers estimates will need about $390 billion worth of upgrades in the next 20 years. A recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce report reveals a litany of other problems: an overloaded rail infrastructure that needs new tracks, signals systems, tunnels and bridges. Ports that need dredging, canal locks that need replacing. While China is spending nearly 9% of its GDP - a massive investment - on infrastructure, Americans lose $9 billion a year in productivity from flight delays alone...
...capital, Kinshasa, where Mealer was posted by the Associated Press wire agency in 2004, and covers the bumpy transition from war to peace. After that, it's back to more fighting in the east, before Mealer embarks on two long journeys across the country, by boat and by rail. In June 2007 he finishes his travels and leaves Congo...
Kidane unfurls a map of the region upon which is printed rail and road routes, and the costs associated with each port and passage. The map was printed in 2006, so the printed prices are now out of date. But Kidane has bigger problems. As food and fuel prices rise, suppliers have begun defaulting on their contracts; they are either unable to provide goods at a previously agreed price because input costs have increased, or unwilling to sell food at the old rate now that others will pay more. "We used to have sufficient stock - four months, five months...
Even if Fambro succeeds, the impact on the market will be minimal. He hopes to sell 3,000 to 4,000 cars the first year; GM alone produces about 300,000 cars a month. Perhaps the Aptera will be used as part of a light-rail system where the commuter will hop into a small car waiting at the train station. Or perhaps the Aptera will serve as a model for cars of the future: lightweight, great gas mileage, and loaded with computer controls...
Politicians deploy righteous indignation like college students use credit cards - to excess and with abandon. For such seasoned performers, the emotion is easy to muster, and there are few upfront costs. Rail against powerful interests or the mendacity of your opponent on the stump, and the crowd goes nuts...