Gert's party - 10 cm of snow

[Peter Korsten]

Op 5-2-2012 13:41, K9 Kai Niggemann schreef:

> On 04.02.2012, at 17:38, Peter Korsten wrote:
>
>> It's all very avoidable, but the Dutch government, in all its wisdom,
>> decided to follow the British example (contrary to the German and
>> French governments, with the result that DB and SNCF are now major
>> transport companies) in the name of increased efficiency.
>
> that sounds very optimistic about DB. But they suffer from technical
> problems of their own, 10 cm would be a major snow emergency for them,
> whereas 35�C cause major A/C failures in the summer.
>
> Still the best way to get around in Germany.

True, but I was referring to DB Schencker. Deutsche Bahn claims to be 
the world's second largest transport company (after Deutsche Post, which 
is 30% state-owned) and is 100% state-owned. In Europe, they're by far 
the largest.

Fact of the matter is that the transport companies (not just by rail) in 
the more temperate parts of Europe such as Germany, the Netherlands, 
Belgium and England are not used to weather extremes, and yet these 
extremes are becoming more and more prevalent due to climate change.

- Peter