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Peak Energyhttp://peakenergy.blogspot.com/2008/10/peak-oil-on-campaign-trail-black-hole.html [Peak Energy] In 1908 our predecessors built the North Island Main Trunk line because they had a vision for a much more populous New Zealand and for opening up the North Island to settlement and economic development. The Main Trunk justified the faith of the settlers for more than 50 years, before the rise of road and air transport - helped by cheap oil prices - diminished its role as a carrier of both freight and passengers.

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