Planes are a lot faster and taking a train from Europe to the USA for example is going to be a bit tricky. Perhaps planes themselves are not the issue. We just need to figure out another way to power them.
Superconducting maglev trains can currently go about 70% the cruising speed of a 737, and could take you directly into a city center rather than an airport on the outskirts.
Also, price isn’t only a function of supply and demand. We also choose to subsidize fossil fuels with public funds, to make them artificially cheaper.
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Yeah if it didn’t cost me 3 or 4 times as much and take a week instead of 5 hours I would much rather take a train than fly home across the country
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Rail is for cargo not people in north America. More money moving cargo than humans.
Planes are a lot faster and taking a train from Europe to the USA for example is going to be a bit tricky. Perhaps planes themselves are not the issue. We just need to figure out another way to power them.
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Superconducting maglev trains can currently go about 70% the cruising speed of a 737, and could take you directly into a city center rather than an airport on the outskirts.
Also, price isn’t only a function of supply and demand. We also choose to subsidize fossil fuels with public funds, to make them artificially cheaper.
I understand why the trains suck. I would love to make them better.