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Yes, i’ve been hearing it won’t work for about 40 years. You’re wrong, of course. Unfortunately, now it’s incredibly expensive to build HSR. China, the same s
by melling 8y ago
Yes, i’ve been hearing it won’t work for about 40 years. You’re wrong, of course.
Unfortunately, now it’s incredibly expensive to build HSR.
China, the same size as the US, will have 25,000 miles of HSR within a few years.
Your calculus is wrong but let’s just check back in 2025. At some point, we’ll realize the advantage that all that HSR gives China.
- DeonPenny 8y agoThe difference is population density. It make sense for china because popution center need to pipe huge amounts of people around. That doesn't exist in the US where cars are more efficient.
- melling 8y agoHow’s the population density in Spain? They have more HSR than the US.
- DeonPenny 8y agoSpain has 3 times the population density of the US. The US would need 900 million people to have the same density.
- melling 8y agoI guess we’re lying with statistics. The population density of Kansas and Montana is quite low. America is quite large. However, Los Angeles and New York, San Francisco, etc are much more densely populated than Spain.
- Fricken 8y agoHere's a good video summarizing what China has done with high speed rail in a little over a decade: https://youtu.be/0JDoll8OEFE https://youtu.be/0JDoll8OEFE