• Athena5898@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I think we really need to start shoving the noses of Democrats on how much China is beating our ass in just about everything in regard to infrastructure and going green. Pride is about the only thing i can think of that might make the Dems do something other than the barest of bare minimums on these things and point out how the supposedly “bad” country is doing better then us might get people to think. idk anything to challenge American Exceptionalism

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      I think you’re oversimplifying things, Trump wasn’t doing more than the bare minimum either. We really need to fuck off all these political systems that prop up politicians that have never lived with their constituents and start sending inept and lying politicians to jail.

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    1 year ago

    On a recent test run, the train sprinted to record-breaking speeds of 281 miles per hour, making it the fastest train in the world.

    That’s not even close to the current record, which is 375 mph: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_speed_record

    Once completed, engineers hope the maglev will reach 621 mph

    Yeah, that’s a big “if” right there.

    I’m all for high speed rail and I hope they succeed, but this article is terrible.

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    One of those crashing while going “faster than an airplane” would seem more catastrophic than an airplane crashing.

    Are these bullet trains safer than planes or as dangerous as regular trains?

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      Trains derail on occasion. Planes crash on occasion. But at least with trains we’re not accelerating the death of the planet

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        But at least with trains we’re not accelerating the death of the planet

        A mag lev train doing 500+mph is going to need a lot more energy than a normal train. It will probably be less than the plane but I’m thinking it won’t be as much less as you might think.

        Thae train is also doing those speeds at sea level vs the plane doing them at 35,000ft or higher, where there’s less than 1/4 the atmosphere to fight.

        Edit: for the record I’m in favor of more trains but I don’t think these will be that much better than planes with both in cruise, however, they both have different situations where they’re more suited with some overlap.

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          Trains don’t leave exhaust in the upper parts of the atmosphere, though, and depending on how the electricity was created, it could be neither did its energy source—though I suppose there’s no avoiding that manufacturing any kind of plant and the train itself did cause emissions.

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            @flux @QuinceDaPence Concrete and steel (for stations, track, etc) matter. So does the electricity used to maintain stations, not just propel the train. So lifecycle emissions of a train are immensely complicated, plus then you get into how to route a new rail line without destroying too many ecosystems.

            Even so, clean electricity is the easy bit compared to making planes clean. More trains please.

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        As far as I am aware no country on earth is CO2 neutral, so for these trains the emissions are still positive.