Thanks for the response Resolute. $20 billion actually doesn't seem that bad to me, but again, I'd need to look at some comparables. Hopefully have time soon because I still believe this could be a viable project. There just has to be a way to make travel between the major cities easier.
Plus, while the mountains are obviously a big hurdle, IMO that would be one of the reasons to undertake it. It would be a pretty incredible feat of engineering and would probably be international news. That train ride through the Rockies on an HSR would be be pretty amazing. Anyways, it's a pipe dream, but something I think would end up being worth it.
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^ Those fancy numbers that you are throwing around only serve to systematically entrench racial and gender inequality, extinguishing my dreams before they have a chance to be born. Capitalist swine.
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This was my favorite line from the whole thing. Just came out of nowhere and makes absolutely zero sense lol.
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How much of that was developed and put into place by evil Mega Corporations?
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How much of that development lagged far behind the actual idea because of those same people? Tesla really got boned by funders for no other reason than he was eccentric. It's the same thing with solar energy, we could have had it a long time ago if the same amount of R&D that went into oil went into solar when they were both in their infancy. But oil barons have been fighting any type of renewable progress for decades. Its pretty sad IMO. Anyways, we're pretty far OT now.