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As appealing as Maglev trains are, the world still invests heavily in steel wheel trains due to reliability and easier scaling out to meet demand. We haven't so
by thrillgore 4y ago
As appealing as Maglev trains are, the world still invests heavily in steel wheel trains due to reliability and easier scaling out to meet demand. We haven't solved issues with magnet reliability on maglevs on the scale that steel wheel trains have resolved.
- j-pb 4y agoThe current limiting factor in scaling out trains in germany is NIMBYs. Ad train system that is significantly more silent, with a lower area footprint due to pylon tracks has a serious advantage there. If you cover the track in solar panels you get the additional argument that it replaces "ugly wind turbines in their backyard" (their words not mine, I love the sight of wind turbines).
- iggldiggl 4y ago> pylon tracks [...] "ugly wind turbines in their backyard" Instead they'd complain about ugly pylons in their backyard, so I'm not sure if that would have been that much of an improvement.
- j-pb 4y agoThose pylons are a much easier to swallow pill than wind turbines with their shadows and noise + train noises.