More Green New Deal Proposals: Let’s Replace Air Travel With High-Speed Rail

Hotair ^ | 02/07/2019 | John Sexton

[Da Coyote]

But first, let’s replace the vacuum in OC’s head with a brain.

[RoosterRedux]

Markey is a fool for getting involved on a bill with AOC.

[rlmorel]

What is it with Leftists and rail travel? I think part of it is that if they control your movements, they can control you.

[rockrr]

Atlas Shrugged Pt II

[rktman]

Solar and wind turbine trains. DOH! Why didn’t I think of that?

[AndyJackson]

The full system would not begin operating until 2033.

They must have put pentagon acquisition experts on this project.

[Alberta's Child]

As much as I hate air travel, it would still have one huge advantage over high-speed rail even if the travel times between the trip ends were comparable:

An airplane travels in "free" space and does not require a right-of-way along its route.

As the population of a region grows, the cost of acquiring real estate for a rail corridor is what makes a high-speed rail project prohibitively expensive.

[rockrr]

And a big-assed wind-up key...

[billorites]

[BenLurkin]

She’s nuts, Jim.

[Jaded]

Don’t worry, we’ll all be dead by then according to AOC

[Army Air Corps]

So, AOC is mining 1970s TV shows for ideas?

[dhs12345]

And how much would it cost to build a complete high speed network of rails? Guessing that you can’t use your typical rail for this. Also, would this be a passenger exclusive system or would it haul cargo? That overnight Fed Ex package probably rides in the cargo bay of an airplane.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Could work could work...And you know, if like we build train tracks from Los Angeles alllllllll the way to like Tokyo, we can save jet fuel!

[seawolf101]

They will all be powered by gerbils.

[tcrlaf]

No one will be able to travel without a good, Fedgov-approved reason. Except Democrats and those that finance them, of course.

If you donate to The right Dems, or give them a kid to use as a sex toy, you could be allowed to have a travel permit, though.

[wildcard_redneck]

The doomsday of Global Warming will only be solved when scientists figure out how to sew moonbeams to farts.

[namvolunteer]

I wonder if Mr. Green still reads Free Republic?

[Cowboy Bob]

Well, the trains shouldn’t need much energy going south. It’s the trip north that eats up most of the energy.