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I've been on one of the Chinese high speed trains and they are really impressive. The most striking thing about them is how smooth they are -- very little vibra
by rossjudson 13y ago
I've been on one of the Chinese high speed trains and they are really impressive. The most striking thing about them is how smooth they are -- very little vibration at all, and very quiet. Far more pleasant than air travel, conventional trains, or anything else I've been on.
Sadly, I think the first place a Hyperloop will be built is China. Chances are there are engineers there looking it over now, and figuring they can knock out a test system in a year or two.
- robryan 13y agoThat would be great, all you need is 1 country somewhere in the world to prove viable and it becomes a much safer political prospect elsewhere. Until a major accident at least like with Fukushima and nuclear.
- alcari 13y agoYou mean Chernobyl and nuclear, or Three Mile Island and nuclear? Both of those had already soundly killed the prospect for large-scale nuclear power in the US long before the earthquake in Japan.
- XorNot 13y agoAlso frankly, nuclear is its whole own category of unviable for its own special reasons. Cars, buses, trains, planes and ships have all killed scores more people then nuclear power ever will.
- robryan 13y agoI guess so, from what I read it was starting to turn around again with more projects before the earthquake.