I think high-speed trains work well in Europe and Japan and serve a real purpose. That clip is pretty cool!.
Reminds me of the American version, where some car show took that fancy new Ford truck (Raptor?) with the stock off-road package and raced it across the desert against a helicopter. (Well it was more of a gimic than a race - but I think the truck was over 100 MPH off road!)
So they spewed tons of Co2 from a jet to tout energy efficient public transportation