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re: Do you support Elon Musks push for high speed rail?
Posted on 6/26/24 at 5:51 am to LSU Grad 2021
Posted on 6/26/24 at 5:51 am to LSU Grad 2021
Big fan of high speed rail for ages
Don't trust Musk tho
Don't trust Musk tho
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Posted on 6/26/24 at 6:24 am to LSU Grad 2021
Yes but they need to be private projects
Posted on 6/26/24 at 6:25 am to Figgy
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frick no. And as the only poster on this board to live where it’s currently being built all of you should share my informed opinion.
You are the only poster that lives in Florida?
Posted on 6/26/24 at 6:30 am to LSU Grad 2021
Dallas and Houston do not have the infrastructure to support the passengers upon arrival.
Sure a rail system will include plans for the passengers while engaging in train related activities, but what about once the passengers arrive at destination?
Neither city has an adequate bus system nor taxi system and a subway network is not possible.
Are all the rail passengers supposed to rent vehicles at the end of the line?
Sure a rail system will include plans for the passengers while engaging in train related activities, but what about once the passengers arrive at destination?
Neither city has an adequate bus system nor taxi system and a subway network is not possible.
Are all the rail passengers supposed to rent vehicles at the end of the line?
Posted on 6/26/24 at 6:35 am to Cheese Grits
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Don't trust Musk tho
Yeah, don't trust the guy that has pushed EVs to the next level, keeping NASA going, and trying to move humanity through the stars so we don't become extinct. frick that guy!
Guess we'll just have to follow the lead of internet anon Cheese Grits.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 6:41 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
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Yeah, don't trust the guy that has pushed EVs to the next level, keeping NASA going, and trying to move humanity through the stars so we don't become extinct.
Think of a Bond Villian that wants a monopoly on space for minerals
Get back to me when you give it a think.
PS, think of Salk giving away the polio vaccine or Tesla giving away electricity transmission. Pretty sure Elon is the opposite of this.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 6:49 am to jrodLSUke
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Only if it’s private. Public funds will mostly be stolen.
Agree partially, but truly how “efficient” is high speed rail?
You spend billions on special rail and run cars at over a hundred or 200 miles an hour while commercial air travel flies you at double the speed using around 900 gallons of jet fuel per hour. Which may sound like a lot until you factor in all the electricity needed to power a train going 200 miles an hour.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 6:57 am to LSU Grad 2021
If there is not a big effort in providing a high level of security on mass transportation then no.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 7:41 am to LSU Grad 2021
While Musk buying Twitter was a good thing, and he does appear to be more red-pilled these days, he has ALWAYS been a big proponent of climate change initiatives and massive government spending to “thwart” climate change.
And if he can make money off of all the government subsidies that climate change hysteria brings, he’ll support it.
And if he can make money off of all the government subsidies that climate change hysteria brings, he’ll support it.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 7:48 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
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Yeah, don't trust the guy that has pushed EVs to the next level, keeping NASA going, and trying to move humanity through the stars so we don't become extinct. frick that guy!
Elon should get a weave and a handicapped tag for how much he sucks off the government teat
Posted on 6/26/24 at 8:08 am to LSU Grad 2021
The federal government should manage the construction of HSR just like the Interstate Highways. Private companies would then operate the trains, which is how Japan does it. Musk could buy his own train company.
Station location is critical to success, downtown locations are far preferred over suburban parking lots that require renting a car to get to a hotel.
Construction costs in the US are 50% higher than in Europe or China. The US would need to nationalize some freight tracks, or widen the right of ways, and upgrade the routes to get a reasonable cost with a reasonable benefit, but the benefits would be substantial in selected locations. Certainly a good altenative to spending billions on wider highways.
California HSR is a disaster. Conceived and designed for political reasons more than anything else, with no source of funding the 128 billion dollars needed to complete the project, it will be the biggest white elephant in US history. Brightline will show how it can be done.
Lucid Stew has a great Youtube channel about American HSR, I highly recommend it.
Station location is critical to success, downtown locations are far preferred over suburban parking lots that require renting a car to get to a hotel.
Construction costs in the US are 50% higher than in Europe or China. The US would need to nationalize some freight tracks, or widen the right of ways, and upgrade the routes to get a reasonable cost with a reasonable benefit, but the benefits would be substantial in selected locations. Certainly a good altenative to spending billions on wider highways.
California HSR is a disaster. Conceived and designed for political reasons more than anything else, with no source of funding the 128 billion dollars needed to complete the project, it will be the biggest white elephant in US history. Brightline will show how it can be done.
Lucid Stew has a great Youtube channel about American HSR, I highly recommend it.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 12:24 pm to LSU Grad 2021
Yes.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 12:25 pm to ChestRockwell
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Yes, airlines suck. Next question
This. Air travel has turned into such a clusterfrick these days.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 12:26 pm to LSU Grad 2021
As long as it doesn't involve public money, I'm good.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 12:28 pm to Florida_Man1981
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Absolutely. Go live in Europe or Seoul for a couple months and see how much better life is with a functioning rail system.
The new Brightline train in Florida is awesome too.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 12:29 pm to Sidicous
Uber drivers fiddin' to eat.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 12:39 pm to LSU Grad 2021
Elon has been taking it on the chin lately. Everything he touches loses its luster. I doubt I would want his involvement.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 12:55 pm to POTUS2024
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We don't need HSR. Sounds like a ploy to put a bunch of truck drivers out of work
Well this doesn't make any sense. Isn't hsr for passenger service? I don't want to see tank cars and boxcars travelling over rail at 200 mile per hour. Why would the trucking industry suffer?
Posted on 6/26/24 at 12:57 pm to BuckI
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Elon has been taking it on the chin lately. Everything he touches loses its luster. I doubt I would want his involvement.
He is the second wealthiest man in the world, you dumb idiot.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 12:59 pm to POTUS2024
quote:This will increase the need for truck drivers to haul freight to load the trains.
We don't need HSR. Sounds like a ploy to put a bunch of truck drivers out of work to me and for the federal government to use eminent domain to soak up a lot of scenic land.
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