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Scaling only gets you so far. The maglev Chuo Shinkansen currently under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya involves around 250 km of tunnels punched throug
by rippercushions 4y ago
Scaling only gets you so far. The maglev Chuo Shinkansen currently under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya involves around 250 km of tunnels punched through Japan's mountainous backbone and has a price tag of US$64 billion (and continually climbing).
Still, the real problem is not building new things, but maintaining old ones.