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All these taxes to pay for: - $1+ B Side-deals to raise the gas tax $50+ B. - $10+ B Mass-incarceration. - $80+ B High-Speed Monorail boondoggle orders of ma
by trapperkeeper74 9y ago
All these taxes to pay for:
- $1+ B Side-deals to raise the gas tax $50+ B.
- $10+ B Mass-incarceration.
- $80+ B High-Speed Monorail boondoggle orders of magnitude more expensive than Hyperloop.
- jonathankoren 9y ago1) It's not a monorail. It's normal high speed rail system that's been successful deployed the world over. 2) Hyperloop doesn't exist.
- true_religion 9y agoAlso, monorails have been successfully deployed around the world. They've been available since the early 20th century. It isn't fantastical technology to use one gigantic rail instead of two smaller rails.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoThere are, as of yet, no high speed monorails that I'm aware of.
- jonathankoren 9y ago30 kilometers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Maglev_Train https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Maglev_Train Then they apparently scrapped the idea of extending it beyond the airport.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoIs a maglev really a monorail? I've taken it to pudong airport before. It isn't very practical, because of the transfer a taxi is still faster.
- jonathankoren 9y ago"'Mono' means 'one', and 'rail' means 'rail'", and to paraphrase Zaphod Beeblebrox, "Count the rails kid." ;)