[Vision2020] Additional Shipments Planned on Highway 12

[Tom Hansen]

Yes, Paul -

And if a frog had wings . . .

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

On Fri, October 8, 2010 10:06 am, Paul Rumelhart wrote:
> That would be a problem for their engineering staff to tackle, I would
> think.
> Perhaps they'll find that using lots of smaller pressure cookers or
> whatever
> they are is more cost effective now than trying to get overly large ones
> through
> Idaho.  Maybe there is a way to cut them apart and put them back together
> when
> they get there.  Not my problem, really.  I'm just wondering if everyone's
> concerns would go away if they did so.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 5:48:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Additional Shipments Planned on Highway 12
>
>
> Paul Rumelhart suggestively inquires:
>
> "If they could break these shipments up into enough separate loads that
> they
> fell under the size and weight restrictions needed to get a special permit
> then
> all would be right with the world, correct?"
>
> I feel safe in assuming, Paul, that if Conoco were to break down each of
> the
> (potentially) 250 mega-loads (per year) to meet ITD's length, width, and
> weight
> limitations . . . perhaps these shipments could progress with minor
> opposition.
>
> HOWEVER . . .
>
> How would you suggest Conoco go about breaking these down (and the 200+
> jus’
> like ‘em)?
>
>
> http://www.MoscowCares.com/Highway12/LewPortCargo_061810_01.JPG
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "Corporations are an oppressed minority forced to move headquarters from
> state
> to state in search of friendlier tax codes--sometimes being forced to live
> just
> off our shores in tiny mailboxes."
>
>
> - John Oliver, The Daily Show


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