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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:20 PM Original message |
Why can't we get these in this country? China Transrapid Maglev YouTube video: |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because we're a backward third-rate jerkwater banana republic |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You said it. nt |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. the studies themselves are the scam. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We could figure out a way to run non-maglevs... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. oh, I agree, it would be great on many levels., but I've lived in the various cities listed: |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It must have something to do with oil. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. that would not surprise me one bit. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. Let's Close the War and Build a State-of-the-Art Rail System. It Would be Cheaper |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I know. Imagine tomorrow, we have trains that run in what are called "evacuated tubes" |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. because you can't build anything in America anymore, |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. How ironic is it that it was a gas tanker that shutdown that hiway in SF? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Wasn't BART built in the '70s? |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. I wonder how many Mag-Lev's we could have built her for $500BB? |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. note pollution haze in background |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes, it's all electric, but most of their electricity comes from coal... |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. I was in China in March |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. By the way...the Shanghai train |
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