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To: Vince Ferrer

Aside from the cost, I can’t see how they could compensate for earth movements. The last thing I’d want is to slam into a side at 800 mph because the tunnel moved over by three inches.


3 posted on 08/12/2013 9:43:50 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Jonty30
Aside from the cost, I can’t see how they could compensate for earth movements. The last thing I’d want is to slam into a side at 800 mph because the tunnel moved over by three inches.

They are trying to address that, although I don't know how feasible it really is for complete safety. If there were a real earthquake, the tube would have to be shutdown immediately. And if you are travelling at 700 miles an hour and it moves, you'd become a statistic. But if they are safe on every other occasion, they would still be better than cars.

6 posted on 08/12/2013 9:50:05 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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