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It is cheap because it doesn't account for the hard part of building HSR: buying land, clearing legal hurdles, and indemnizing landowners. I would be happy to s
by erispoe 12y ago
It is cheap because it doesn't account for the hard part of building HSR: buying land, clearing legal hurdles, and indemnizing landowners. I would be happy to see Elon Musk come with a solution for that. We could use some creativity here.
- patcon 12y agoRight now it's politically, legally, and technologically uncertain. The first two are affected greatly by the last one, so I think this is the correct order of operations.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> It is cheap because it doesn't account for the hard part of building HSR: buying land, clearing legal hurdles, and indemnizing landowners. Also, because the termini proposed are not particularly close to the urban centers it is supposed to connect, avoiding the expense of connecting from where people actually are to where people are actually likely to want to go. Of course, that also limits its utility for its intended purpose.