I have indeed noted Debbie Cook's election as one to watch, and I'm glad she has a chance - I was very much impressed by her in Austin, both during the panel, and on a separate occasion when I had the opportunity to talk to her for a bit longer privately. She's an avid reader of the Oil Drum.

A question: would there be any plan to link LAX to the HSR? That would certainly help in eliminating lots of smaller connecting flights in or out, no?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes