Oil PRICE SHOCK is SHAKING ENTIRE WORLD.

Unless we as a nation are willing to do what is need yes we will have to become more locally centered. Unless we can stablize gas prices products will become to expensive to be transport over long distance. The only way we can survive under current conditions will be to build more train freight depot. Using some of your logic about the ton mileage trians get the best. The city I live in has a railroad running through it but no depot, just train track. Imagin if there was a frieght depot here in my city, semi-truck would have less distance to drive to drop of frieght. Trains are not the whole answer but appart of the solution. Our transportation is not any cheaper than China. We have diesel at almost 5 dollars a gallon. You know this but I will go ahead just in case some reads this and did not know this, semis use diesel. If a semi has to drive thrity miles from and to the nearest frieght depot cost money. If you have to do across country trip, dear God that would be too expensive. I have heard that a semi hold 50 gallons of diesel, if I am wrong then just adjust the number. I have also heard that a semi gets 5 mpg, once again if wrong just adjust the number. So at that rate a semi can travel 250 miles, but at 5 dollar a gallon that 250 miles will also cost 250 dollars.