I point this out every time on rail articles
Is sad when i hear news like this and know that here in the US, speed trains are nowhere near the radar of anyone in congress.
Is sad when i hear news like this and know that here in the US, speed trains are nowhere near the radar of anyone in congress.
People in the US don't want trains because they are too slow, too expensive and don't go where the people want to go.
China unveils a new bullet train.Well heres one from chicago to detroit
U.S. goes over the fiscal cliff and back into Recession due to Republican refusals to raise taxes on the super-rich.
Sign of the times.
Lurker2358
Dec 26, 2012Personally, I think they'll eventually find the high speed is too expensive to operate. If the existing definition of kinetic energy is correct, then it costs 44% more energy to go 300kph than 250kph, but that is only a 20% increase in speed. An 8 hour trip at 300kph is only 9.6 hours at 250kph. Not a big deal, because in most cases 96 extra minutes isn't going to make any difference in a person's schedule if they are already spending most of a day or night on a train anyway.
I point this out every time on rail articles, and people always negative me, but imagine if you made a 44% energy savings on everything we do...The keeling curve would be flat right now, maybe even negative; that's how big a difference it is.