Trump Infrastructure Plan Includes Elon Musk-Style High-Speed Rail Tunnels And Eminent Domain
I remain unconvinced these things will ever pay for themselves.
I’m sorry.
In 99% of cases a virtual trip is warranted by efficiency.
To go to have a face-2-face is fine a few times but not a necessary thing these days.
Travel needs to be to places unavailable locally, like going to a Western Ski Area. Hiking in the Mountains. Pheasant hunting in the Dakotas.
Generally from high density areas to low density areas.
Definitely not a case for public transportation.
I always think of The rail system in Logan’s Run when they mention Elon Musk’s idea.
Understatement of the century. Heavily subsidized, by taxpayers. Nothing is free, even though they say private enterprise will pay for it. We will all pay for it.
I was expecting flying cars by year 2000 and in 2017, I instead I see revamped vintage cars and harleys everywhere. Wonder what these hyperloopy thingies will be like.
There’s alwayse horsedrawn carriages!
You want efficient passenger trains?
Find ways to encourage the railroads to build them.
I note that this is an “economic advisor” talking - NOT an engineer nor train design team. However, it is also an economic advisor talking - NOT a democrat Senator whose husband is getting paid 3 billion for California's high speed rail to knowhere! And this economic advisor is talking about doing any tunneling with private money.
Obola’s team paid car makers with taxpayer money to make electric cars that compete with private car makers! Then gave both buyers and makers even more tax breaks!
Do I want to travel at 900 miles in an underground train? No way in hell.
Trump tying himself with Elon Musk - the great miner of the public treasuries - will be sealing his political doom.