Politically and capitalistically, the US prefers to use cars and planes rather than high speed rail. Yet, a few areas of the US want to have high speed rail, because it's more efficient and more environmentally sound than air and highway travel.
Question: Could the US catch up to the rest of the world and create a robust high speed rail network?
Could the US get on board with a high speed rail network like China's, which has more rail than the rest of the world combined?
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Here's a very telling graph of why we're still addicted to the I.C.E. car...and fossil fuels...notice that the nations to the left are the ones developing or already using high speed rail; Norway is already 50% all-electric cars (mostly Tesla)..whereas the nations to the right are very I.C.E. car addicted....
Robecology
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May 13, 2019
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Amazing graph! It appears that the US is among the most addicted to I.C.E. vehicles.
So it's a matter of what the populace is used to. Europeans and Chinese are simply more used to rail service. They're also more "used to" small cars and fewer superhighways.
That's why as the U.S. economy slides downhill, the Chinese and Euro models keep rising.
Russia is stagnant at best; preferring, as we do, to push fossil fuels and coal....ignoring and minimizing alternative energy.
They, too will continue to slide down the scale...which maybe is a good thing for the rest of the world.
Robecology
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May 13, 2019
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Oil and auto don't want. And now tRump admin is stopping subsidies - maybe if they ran on coal.
Beowulfsfriend
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May 13, 2019
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We will never pull forward and progress with repubs in charge of any part of our Government.
Redheadedgammy
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May 13, 2019
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I'm with you on that !
We could but rail is fairly expensive is cheaper elsewhere
bobwjr
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May 13, 2019
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There numerous reasons why it is more expensive to build in the US. If we had help from our government and private investors, it may be feasible, In the long run the benefits would outweigh the costs. I really hope we can do that in the near future. Did you watch the video about U.S. high-speed rail? A lot of current info there.
@AnonySchmoose talking about fares high
@bobwjr I know rail fare is comparable to airfare, for instance, in Spain. When you can't wait for the next train, you can fly and vice versa.
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