Comments on: World's Fastest High-Speed Train is Now Running in China

By: DET

DET — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:40:38 +0000

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

DET — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:40:00 +0000

By: Chris V

Chris V — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:53:09 +0000

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

Chris V — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:53:00 +0000

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

By: Chris V

Chris V — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:53:00 +0000

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

By: bob

bob — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:23:57 +0000

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

bob — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:23:00 +0000

By: Chris V

Chris V — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:22:22 +0000

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

Chris V — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:22:00 +0000

By: Chris V

Chris V — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:22:00 +0000

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:01:57 +0000

I got to ride the HST in Taiwan from Taipai to Hsinchu, the most exhilarating train ride in my entire life. The track was elevated high above the ground like on a viaduct and mostly walled off so not much of a view to see. It was much like being on an a luxury plane, lots of room, practically zero buffeting, but only 20mins ride vs the usual 1hr slow train ride. The G forces on leaving the station was the best part.

Ofcourse the French and Japanese take this for granted.

Somehow I don’t see the US ever getting this kind of transport with republicans in power half the time, for them it is just too socialized.

I wonder if a Nuclear battery such as from Toshiba could be used as a power source to avoid the electrification of such vast amounts of track.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:01:00 +0000

Ofcourse the French and Japanese take this for granted.

Somehow I don’t see the US ever getting this kind of transport with republicans in power half the time, for them it is just too socialized.

I wonder if a Nuclear battery such as from Toshiba could be used as a power source to avoid the electrification of such vast amounts of track.

By: MD

MD — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:20:18 +0000

Not just the USA, North America needs to consider HST for transport of goods and people, the underlying “what if” is that these trains need constant electrical power.

Currently the Shanghai Maglev Train is running over there, the first commercial high-speed maglev line in the world.

By: MD

MD — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:20:00 +0000

Not just the USA, North America needs to consider HST for transport of goods and people, the underlying “what if” is that these trains need constant electrical power.

Currently the Shanghai Maglev Train is running over there, the first commercial high-speed maglev line in the world.

By: MD

MD — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:20:00 +0000

Not just the USA, North America needs to consider HST for transport of goods and people, the underlying “what if” is that these trains need constant electrical power.

Currently the Shanghai Maglev Train is running over there, the first commercial high-speed maglev line in the world.