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HOZ · 05-18-2007, 06:57 PM

I am in the

"Nice Idea BUT it is a white elephant" group.

This kind of project needs a lot of money and a population 3 or 4 times greater than all of Alberta to work and be kind of profitable.

Look at the problems.

Where are we going to lay the track?
How much would it cost to buy up that land?
So politician will have the track running through their constituency in no time. The thing will snake through Alberta and it will become the slowest fast train inthe world.
Stations: Where? How? How many? Best place? People will have to drive to the station...might as well drive to Edmonton or Calgary and have the convenience of a car at hand.
Airplanes are faster (so far), cheaper, more convenient, getting less noisy, and more fuel effficient.

Money best spent elsewhere.

05-18-2007, 06:57 PM	#36
HOZ Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	I am in the "Nice Idea BUT it is a white elephant" group. This kind of project needs a lot of money and a population 3 or 4 times greater than all of Alberta to work and be kind of profitable. Look at the problems. Where are we going to lay the track? How much would it cost to buy up that land? So politician will have the track running through their constituency in no time. The thing will snake through Alberta and it will become the slowest fast train inthe world. Stations: Where? How? How many? Best place? People will have to drive to the station...might as well drive to Edmonton or Calgary and have the convenience of a car at hand. Airplanes are faster (so far), cheaper, more convenient, getting less noisy, and more fuel effficient. Money best spent elsewhere.