China tested their new Beijing to Shanghai bullet train last month. They're griping about how much it cost them, but people everywhere and at all times gripe about the cost of things.
We could be building trains like this in this country, and there was a time not so long ago when we would have. Building infrastructure that looks to the future is an investment. One inter-city train project would put thousands of people to work.
Anyway, that's what the Chinese are doing. But we're too busy debating whether or not we should fail, and become a deadbeat to even recognize that there is something called the future.
The train is powered by electricity, and its 5 hour run to Shanghai takes about half as long as a conventional train.
I took a train from Portland to Seattle a few days ago, and it was great! Unlike flying, taking the train is actually fun.
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