aat - Alamo Alternative Transportation

Have you ever wondered why you have to drive a car to get around, why public transportation is unreliable and no matter what, your intercity travel options are either by car, Greyhound or flying with airlines who will cancel your flight on a whim . The answer is surprisingly simple; our transportation system is designed for you to have to consume as much oil as possible. If any other alternative to driving is presented to the public, political entities that are against the alternatives along with the local newspapers will tell you that nobody wants it, not enough people will use and they'll tell you that it will make your life a living nightmare when driving.  Now you're probably asking how did I come to the conclusion that our transportation system is designed to force you to consume as much oil as possible? Well it wasn't easy because there's no one out there pointing to the obvious. I came to this conclusion one cold morning riding the new Primo route 10...

Update:  Virgin has since got out of the Brightline deal.  In Part I , I went over the results of us having the transportation built for you to consume as much oil as possible. In Part II , I pointed out how the propaganda is there to convince you that driving is the best thing since sliced bread. Now in Part III, I explain how all Transportation Requires Welfare for we as a society don't believe in this reality.  Like the title says, all transportation requires welfare and always has needed subsidies of some form or another. People don’t understand this nor want to understand that for the whole of civilization, all transportation requires some form of welfare. The reason why we don’t accept this reality is because we hold onto the myth that it’s the private sector’s job to provide transportation services which omits the fact that the infrastructure that the private sector uses to earn money on is built and paid for by governments. So how did we get here believing ...