Fantasy express

Article Abstract:

Engineer George Koumal is getting no support from US political and business leaders for his ambitious plans to build a rail link between America and Asia. The 7,200-kilometer line would connect the British Columbian system with the Baikal-Amur line in Siberia via an 88-kilometer tunnel beneath the Bering Strait. The line would open up areas which are rich in natural resources, and freight transport times would be significantly shorter than by the sea route, but the line would cross very hostile terrain and it would cost more than the $40 billion first mooted in 1986.

Railroads, Rail Transportation, Planning, Transportation, Alaska, Siberia, Koumal, George

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No pain, no grain: pessimists say Asia will soon gobble up the world's food supplies. Optimists say productivity gains and free trade can save the day. But first, some elbow grease at the policy level

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The growing wealth of China and other Asian countries worry some who fear the demand for more and better food will exceed potential world supply. US environmentalist Lester Brown points to China's grain imports and the history of agriculture in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea in his new book "Who Will Feed China?', arguing that a crisis is brewing. More optimistic experts say similar past predictions have proven wrong, and that China can grow more grain than commonly believed. However, agricultural policies are crucial.

Grains, Oilseed and Grain Farming, Cash Grains, Forecasts and trends, Cover Story, Statistics, Asia, Forecasting, Food supply, Grain

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