• Fogle
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      111 year ago

      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

        • @Touching_Grass
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          51 year ago

          Rail is for cargo not people in north America. More money moving cargo than humans.

      • @Barack_Embalmer
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        141 year ago

        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.

        • Fogle
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          11 year ago

          I understand why the trains suck. I would love to make them better.