China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
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China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
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Re: China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
#2Meanwhile, in America...
Re: China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
#3As fast as a jetliner, and way more efficient. Can be powered without fossil fuels. This is the future.
Where is America on HSR?
Re: China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
#4Hasn't the last 50 years of attempting these shown that they're uneconomic in the extreme, and probably will continue to be even if China puts its admittedly heavily state-subsidized rail-building prowess behind it?
Re: China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
#5Meanwhile, in America...
If you like China so much...
Re: China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
#6And San Francisco is struggling to add 1 mile of underground track. The project is postponed (again) to open in 2022.
Re: China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
#7Hasn't the last 50 years of attempting these shown that they're uneconomic in the extreme, and probably will continue to be even if China puts its admittedly heavily state-subsidized rail-building prowess behind it?
They are amazing. There is one in Shanghai that connects the airport to the city. Imagine a ride from SFO to Salesforce tower in 7 minutes.
Re: China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
#8Re: China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
#9As fast as a jetliner, and way more efficient. Can be powered without fossil fuels. This is the future. Where is America on HSR?
Working as hard as it can to find excuses not to build any
Re: China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
#10And San Francisco is struggling to add 1 mile of underground track. The project is postponed (again) to open in 2022.
they are also struggling to build enough homes for everyone, aren't they?