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LanternWaste

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17. Initial capital investment only, so far.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #15)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:01 PM

Jan 2018

Initial capital investment only, so far. There would then follow additional measurements of cost/benefit analysis of both immediate and long term savings of fuel, time, maintenance, etc.

So no... your total is lacking relevant data.

Once in the habit of convincing ourselves why a thing cannot be done, it's difficult to achieve the balance of what can be done.

No mountain is climbable until it's been climbed. Everest never successfully scaled until 1950s. 4000 have ascended since.

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Cost climbs by $2.8 billion for California bullet train [View all] alp227 Jan 2018 OP

the original concept was LA to SF and no local svc to the valley. hi speed to compete with msongs Jan 2018 #1

It could never compete with air travel. tinrobot Jan 2018 #23

what would it cost to add a lane on I-5 lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #2

we have enough lanes on our freeways. It is way past due that we do what Europe, China, Japan and still_one Jan 2018 #8

The Western US is not Europe and China lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #16

Get rid of the cars. The Bay Area's commute is getting worse and worse, and LA is impossible. still_one Jan 2018 #18

$4 million to $6 million per mile in rural and suburban areas... LanternWaste Jan 2018 #14

allowing for cost overruns lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #15

Initial capital investment only, so far. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #17

This country should have a network of these trains already. The_Casual_Observer Jan 2018 #3

Hear, hear! BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #4

Well, depends on what you mean by 'value' ... generation of compliant flag-waving jarhead types ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #5

Yes it should have. still_one Jan 2018 #9

I think that public transit projects should be exempt from environemtnal regs AlexSFCA Jan 2018 #6

...says someone who's never had to do an environmental analysis. brooklynite Jan 2018 #11

That's a fucking terrible idea. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #12

You must not live near any mass transit lines? nt EarthFirst Jan 2018 #21

The sad thing is, by the time it is built.... yuiyoshida Jan 2018 #7

I don't think so, but regardless, it is for future generations. When the interstate highway system still_one Jan 2018 #10

So, I bet we get ours done in Texas first- Connecting Houston to Dallas snooper2 Jan 2018 #13

Many Central Valley farmers want that money spent on environmentally destructive water projects... hunter Jan 2018 #19

I rode on the SMART train for the first time today Downtown Hound Jan 2018 #20

So where's the money going to come from? ansible Jan 2018 #22

The project is dead ripcord Jan 2018 #24