This IS CA.s bullet train!!!
Boy,do we remember "The Big Dig" here in Massachusetts! While this fiasco was unfolding Barney Fag (sorry:Barney Frank) was the Congresscreature representing that part of the state. While commenting once on the project...critising it in fact...he made the only statement that I've ever agreed with.
He said: "It would be cheaper to raise the city than it would be to lower the Expressway".
The "city" being Boston,the "Expressway" being The Southeast Expressway,a major artery through Boston.
Our lost in space bullet (shooting blanks) train across the state is another black hole, sucking in funds that should be used on other projects.
We have rapid transportation across the state right now, with aircraft leaving numerous times per day. We didn’t need that rail system. There’s no justification for it on any level.
First of all, electric commuter short and mid-range aircraft are coming. Their carbon footprint will be zero. Hey, Leftists agree on that. So what’s the need for the bullet blunder?
What we need are desalinization plants on the coast.
Israel now gets upwards of 80% of it’s domestic use fresh water from desalinization plants.
“Israel’s first desalination plant was built in Ashkelon in 2005.
Today, up to 80 per cent of water for domestic use flows from large coastal desalination plants in Sorek, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Palmachim and Hadera and more are under construction, including Sorek B, planned to be the world’s largest, with a capacity of 200 million cubic metres of water a year.”
California leadership (and I use that word advisedly), wake the hell up.
We need desalinization plants along the coast. There’s no question California cannot meet it’s fresh water demands in times of drought.
Desalinization could resolve these issues.
1. bring an abundant supply of fresh water to market from the Pacific Ocean
2. if designed properly, provide a new source of energy from each plant location
3. Allow northern state communities to have access to their water keeping their lakes and streams fully functioning
4. relieve pressure on the Colorado river, allowing it to recover from being sapped dry by municipalities across the western U. S.