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>HSR fails cost/benefit analysis It only fails the cost/profit analysis. The benefits are priceless when we consider the environmental impact.
by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
>HSR fails cost/benefit analysis
It only fails the cost/profit analysis. The benefits are priceless when we consider the environmental impact.
- matkoniecz 4y ago>priceless not really environmental impact has limited costs, and investing to reduce environmental damage makes sense when benefits are sufficiently large for given cost
- LilBytes 4y agoYep, it's easy to calculate the cost analysis of a train. But the numbers of its benefits aren't defined or understood since environmental impact of what they replace (car creation costs, car maintainence,road build and maintainence, fuel extraction and use). What's the economic (and environmental) cost of cars where these costs aren't priced in to the value proposition?
- viraptor 4y agoEven ignoring the environmental impact, good train network is a benefit to a country. Too many people get stuck with the "train lines most be private and profitable" line of thinking.
- nopenopenopeno 4y agoThat too!