Discussion»Questions»Politics» Is it unconscionable for a state to spend money on high speed trains while crumbling infrastructure under drought conditions have thousands
Efficient transportation of goods and people are also a necessary part of infrastructure. Very nessesary even, when there is need to respond quickly to an unexpected disaster such as the one you describe.
Strangely I have not heard of this flooding problem before, could you give a link ?
Type up Oroville with an O you know ;) ..and this high speed boondoggle will hardly be efficient. It won't be transporting goods either just bad politicians who think mass amounts of people will stop flying and go back to trains and stage coaches.
This post was edited by O-uknow at February 13, 2017 7:14 AM MST
Rain streaming down off the Sierras alternaiting with droughts and brush fires during dry periods. Dont you think it is about time that the state of California spend some of its tax income on drainage and reservoirs to improve the infrastructure in the area. I am sure there have been several such proposals in the past.
This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at February 13, 2017 7:21 AM MST
So you concluded it would be more effective to raise some outrage against spending money on improved transportation? - Sorry, it may be the way to get things done in the US, but frankly I do not agree :-))
Is the transportation needed has not been assessed only rammed down the people's throat in Obama health care fashion. The technology is obsolete and not the best way to do high speed anyway as they have been told. Hyperloops above ground seem promising.
This post was edited by O-uknow at February 13, 2017 10:20 PM MST
Hyperloop needs a enclosing tube kept at a near vacuum for the entire distance to be traveled. In a tectonically active area like California that is a nearly impossible demand to meet. Especially when you must also allow for a strong heat-changes (hot in sunlight, cold at night) that tries to change the length of the tube. I think it would be cheaper to dig an underground tunnel all the way, but that would make the earthquake problems even harder to solve. Frankly I see no solution that I would call actually feasible for a Hight speed all-the-way transport system.
Digging underground with so much development on top is difficult. That should have been done in earlier days like it was done in NY. Now like Chicago all things must be elevated to reduce community impact. Makes me not wonder how freeway became Highway.
This post was edited by O-uknow at February 14, 2017 11:01 PM MST
JakobA the unAmerican. 