@wildbill83 Embarrassing, isn't it? Not that you've sent anyone to the moon for 50 years and you don't rule the seven seas and never did. And you most certainly cannot build a passenger train.
@wishforthenight no other country in the world has the force projection we do; a single US naval task force has more firepower than many country's combined military's do.
We have plenty of passenger trains, but due to geography and sheer landmass, they're not widespread; you Europeans just can't seem to comprehend how big the US is compared to European countries (It takes longer to drive across Texas alone than the UK)
Our freight train network is second to none; Europe has about 94,000 miles of rail dedicated to puny passenger trains; we have 140,000 of rail dedicated to freight trains that can have a combined weight of over 20,000 tons moving more cargo in a day than many european countries can move in a week...
In quite a few places, it exist very successfully. It's in places where people are more fiscally squeamish about their own pockets where it is unlikely to progress.
There are plenty of electric trains, but they are diesel/electric trains. A diesel engine drives a generator and electric motors actually run the train. The diesel electric locomotives were much more efficient than steam locomotives.
That would require excellent public transportation in every connected city, otherwise the convenience of this high speed rail is completely negated by the inconvenience of being able to get around in the city on the other end.
Where are you getting the electricity from to run all the high speed electric trains when the grid can't even charge all the EV's that government's are telling us we must be driving in 5/10/15/20 or so years?
What if.. now go with me on this.. we keep stealing the money allocated for high speed rail.. and get federal cash injections to top up our money laundering scheme ? 🤓
