Quantum Windbag
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The accident rate for aging trains is terrible. High speed trains run at a fraction of the energy cost of current trains. And can compete with planes. Not to mention, the job opportunities once it's built. You could work 100 miles away from where you live and that wouldn't be a bad commute at all. Companies would love the sudden talent available. Did I mention airport congestion?
I don't answer many of your posts because you don't think things through.
High speed trains violate the laws of physics? How?
Strange, Obama never once argued that commute times are a great reason to trains. Given that it is 384 miles from Sacramento to LA, and that there will be 26 stops along the way, exactly how long will the commute actually be?
Not everyone lives at the extreme ends of the train line.
Physics? What the fuck?
See what I mean about your posts?
Physics, specifically the law of conservation of momentum. It takes energy to accelerate a mass to a speed, and more energy to slow it down once you do. The higher the speed, the more energy it takes. This is why freight trains are not used for short hauls, it takes too much energy to start and stop the train to make it economical.
Maybe the problem here is not me, maybe it is the fact that you aren't actually an engineer, or you would already know this.