Comments on: World's Fastest High-Speed Train is Now Running in China http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DET http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/#comment-8075 DET Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:40:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4312#comment-8075 It's very unlikely we'll ever see much HSR in the U.S. Much of the U.S. is too sparsely populated to ever benefit from it; other parts are too densely populated to allow it to be developed without causing large numbers of people to be dislocated. In any case, a national system must receive approval from Congress, many of whose members are from states that will most likely never benefit from the type of service that HSR might be expected to provide. Getting everyone "on-board" with this type of service without providing a lot of "pork" to other parts of the country is politically highly unlikely, no matter how wise it might be. It’s very unlikely we’ll ever see much HSR in the U.S. Much of the U.S. is too sparsely populated to ever benefit from it; other parts are too densely populated to allow it to be developed without causing large numbers of people to be dislocated. In any case, a national system must receive approval from Congress, many of whose members are from states that will most likely never benefit from the type of service that HSR might be expected to provide. Getting everyone “on-board” with this type of service without providing a lot of “pork” to other parts of the country is politically highly unlikely, no matter how wise it might be.

]]> By: DET http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/#comment-25512 DET Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4312#comment-25512 It's very unlikely we'll ever see much HSR in the U.S. Much of the U.S. is too sparsely populated to ever benefit from it; other parts are too densely populated to allow it to be developed without causing large numbers of people to be dislocated. In any case, a national system must receive approval from Congress, many of whose members are from states that will most likely never benefit from the type of service that HSR might be expected to provide. Getting everyone "on-board" with this type of service without providing a lot of "pork" to other parts of the country is politically highly unlikely, no matter how wise it might be. It’s very unlikely we’ll ever see much HSR in the U.S. Much of the U.S. is too sparsely populated to ever benefit from it; other parts are too densely populated to allow it to be developed without causing large numbers of people to be dislocated. In any case, a national system must receive approval from Congress, many of whose members are from states that will most likely never benefit from the type of service that HSR might be expected to provide. Getting everyone “on-board” with this type of service without providing a lot of “pork” to other parts of the country is politically highly unlikely, no matter how wise it might be.

]]> By: Chris V http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/#comment-8074 Chris V Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:53:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4312#comment-8074 Bob, China launched a man into space, sent a probe that successfully orbited the moon, are the world's third richest nation, are a member of the UN Security Council, are one of the few nuclear nations, owns $800 billion in US debt, and is the main creditor to the US. To call them a "developing" country and not a "developed" country is a joke. Frankly, just the fact that they launched a man into space tells me that their resources and technical wherewithal are developed. Bob, China launched a man into space, sent a probe that successfully orbited the moon, are the world’s third richest nation, are a member of the UN Security Council, are one of the few nuclear nations, owns $800 billion in US debt, and is the main creditor to the US. To call them a “developing” country and not a “developed” country is a joke.

Frankly, just the fact that they launched a man into space tells me that their resources and technical wherewithal are developed.

]]> By: Chris V http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/#comment-25510 Chris V Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4312#comment-25510 Bob, China launched a man into space, sent a probe that successfully orbited the moon, are the world's third richest nation, are a member of the UN Security Council, are one of the few nuclear nations, owns $800 billion in US debt, and is the main creditor to the US. To call them a "developing" country and not a "developed" country is a joke. Frankly, just the fact that they launched a man into space tells me that their resources and technical wherewithal are developed. Bob, China launched a man into space, sent a probe that successfully orbited the moon, are the world’s third richest nation, are a member of the UN Security Council, are one of the few nuclear nations, owns $800 billion in US debt, and is the main creditor to the US. To call them a “developing” country and not a “developed” country is a joke.

Frankly, just the fact that they launched a man into space tells me that their resources and technical wherewithal are developed.

]]> By: Chris V http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/#comment-25511 Chris V Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4312#comment-25511 Bob, China launched a man into space, sent a probe that successfully orbited the moon, are the world's third richest nation, are a member of the UN Security Council, are one of the few nuclear nations, owns $800 billion in US debt, and is the main creditor to the US. To call them a "developing" country and not a "developed" country is a joke. Frankly, just the fact that they launched a man into space tells me that their resources and technical wherewithal are developed. Bob, China launched a man into space, sent a probe that successfully orbited the moon, are the world’s third richest nation, are a member of the UN Security Council, are one of the few nuclear nations, owns $800 billion in US debt, and is the main creditor to the US. To call them a “developing” country and not a “developed” country is a joke.

Frankly, just the fact that they launched a man into space tells me that their resources and technical wherewithal are developed.

]]> By: bob http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/#comment-8073 bob Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:23:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4312#comment-8073 Chris, developing status is measured on per-capta levels, China has twice as many people as US and Europe combined so China will still be a developing country when its economy is larger than US and Europe combined, get used to it. Chris, developing status is measured on per-capta levels, China has twice as many people as US and Europe combined so China will still be a developing country when its economy is larger than US and Europe combined, get used to it.

]]> By: bob http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/#comment-25509 bob Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:23:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4312#comment-25509 Chris, developing status is measured on per-capta levels, China has twice as many people as US and Europe combined so China will still be a developing country when its economy is larger than US and Europe combined, get used to it. Chris, developing status is measured on per-capta levels, China has twice as many people as US and Europe combined so China will still be a developing country when its economy is larger than US and Europe combined, get used to it.

]]> By: Chris V http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/#comment-8072 Chris V Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:22:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4312#comment-8072 With the fastest train in the world and all these hundreds of billions of investment, can we finally stop calling China "developing" and label it developed? Then maybe we can hold it responsible for it's contribution to pollution? And perhaps we can get it to spend some of those billions to reducing its carbon output? With the fastest train in the world and all these hundreds of billions of investment, can we finally stop calling China “developing” and label it developed? Then maybe we can hold it responsible for it’s contribution to pollution? And perhaps we can get it to spend some of those billions to reducing its carbon output?

]]> By: Chris V http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/#comment-25507 Chris V Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:22:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4312#comment-25507 With the fastest train in the world and all these hundreds of billions of investment, can we finally stop calling China "developing" and label it developed? Then maybe we can hold it responsible for it's contribution to pollution? And perhaps we can get it to spend some of those billions to reducing its carbon output? With the fastest train in the world and all these hundreds of billions of investment, can we finally stop calling China “developing” and label it developed? Then maybe we can hold it responsible for it’s contribution to pollution? And perhaps we can get it to spend some of those billions to reducing its carbon output?

]]> By: Chris V http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/29/worlds-fastest-high-speed-train-is-now-running-in-china/#comment-25508 Chris V Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:22:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4312#comment-25508 With the fastest train in the world and all these hundreds of billions of investment, can we finally stop calling China "developing" and label it developed? Then maybe we can hold it responsible for it's contribution to pollution? And perhaps we can get it to spend some of those billions to reducing its carbon output? With the fastest train in the world and all these hundreds of billions of investment, can we finally stop calling China “developing” and label it developed? Then maybe we can hold it responsible for it’s contribution to pollution? And perhaps we can get it to spend some of those billions to reducing its carbon output?

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