It'll uhh require some big improvements in terms of speed to get there as fast as a plane. But a train could hypothetically get there overnight. The solution of course is to stop being obsessed with getting somewhere as fast as humanly possible at the expense of the environment.
It's not necessarily that you need a train capable of 500mph, the benefit lies in not having to spend 2 hours in security theatre
not having to spend 2 hours in security theatre
Lmao buddy, come on, you know better.
But why shouldn't we check our passengers' ass cracks to make sure they don't have a bomb stuffed in there? Actually, why don't we just force everyone to board naked and chained to their seat until arrival?
Actually, why don’t we just force everyone to board naked and chained to their seat until arrival?
Wtf I usually have to pay my domme extra for this!
Also trains are much more comfortable and the food actually tastes like something
and they are cool as fuck yeah it's aesthetics but come on airplanes are not romantic at all
aesthetics
fuck yeah I will not stop until every train looks as cool as the orient express but is dirt cheap
Shockwaves would only happen if the train was going supersonic, which would be insane. The noise would be the least difficult engineering problem if that was the case.
The real limiting factor for trains speed is the rail. Things have to bank the right amount, it has to be smooth enough, turns can't be too sharp, etc. High speed trains have to slow down in more populated areas because there is more stuff in the way that stops the rail from being built optimally, including areas were people will not tolerate the noise of a train. Beyond that aerodynamics and energy requirements become an issue. Eventually friction in general becomes too large. But that is at much higher speeds than the speed limits the rails create.
Think like highways in the US. One 65 mph highway can be safe to travel at 140 on, while another can only be safe at 55. But nobody has bothered to go and survey the road to set the speed limit to a sane number. If this was done many highways could have their safe speed dramatically increased with very minor modifications, it's just nobody bothers because the speed limit is so low anyways. Rails are the same way.
Honestly I've started to realize that a significant portion of reddit are actual children and that has made me a lot less mad when I see dumb shit in the comments lol
Idk most of the g*mers in my guild are like 20-35 and they are all anti-China Reddit bros, and the only woke people are under 20
The youtube algorithm is making sure that there are as few woke people under 20 as possible. I know it seems impossible for anyone with 2 brain cells to fall for this anti-sjw bullshit, but we're talking about literal teenagers here.
Don't think I've ever seen engineers lift a building and moving it to another place before, in the west we usually just destroy the old building, and build a new one if we do anything at all. If we do it, It of course takes forever, with multi year long bidding processes and some artsy architect designing some modern travesty.
But thats pretty cool.
One based redditor could actually see the writing on the wall:
In America, the project would be put up for a bid. The bid is merely a facade, as the development group in charge of the project has some family friends who are in the construction business.
The engineering firms put forth their proposals. Some include just what the Chinese are doing because it’s cheaper, quicker, and better for everyone around.
Those proposals are denied in favor of the “tear it down and rebuild” plan that will make the family friend a lot of money and give kickbacks to the development group.
15 years later, the project is bankrupt. There’s a half destroyed train station along with an empty husk of a building that will decay and crumble before its ever finished. The community has no recourse and no train station and legitimate engineering firms go out of business since they can’t compete with corruption.
Seriously. Is the US ever going to compete again in terms of infrastructure? Would the US ever be capable of recreating China’s ability to blanket the entire country in high speed rail?
My opinion is no.
Hit it on the head. This country is GG. Xi please end our suffering and fire the nukes
Buildings definitely do get moved in the US and other western countries, but it's not that common or with buildings this big.
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Til a pile driver exists outside of the square circle
Jesus, take the wheel
All this was done with the residents still inside the building.
wew
