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Why Trains Crash next Nova special
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:26 pm
by SousaKerry
Re: Why Trains Crash next Nova special
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 1:42 pm
by James Sofonia
Got it cued into my TiVo. Thanks.
Re: Why Trains Crash next Nova special
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 1:59 am
by R.E.A.P.E.R.
Or just click the link. The whole episode, commercial free is there.
Re: Why Trains Crash next Nova special
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:41 pm
by hoborich
I watched it. They did a long piece on Japans Bullet trains. 165 mph and no crashes. 300 trains a day, minutes apart!!!! Not to get too political, but the rest of the developed world is so far ahead of us in infrastructure, while we piss away our national treasury on endless wars and the military industrial complex Pres Eisenhower warned us about.
Re: Why Trains Crash next Nova special
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:08 am
by Ypsi
hoborich wrote: but the rest of the developed world is so far ahead of us in infrastructure
China and other countries also heavily subsidize rail transport, even to the tune of billions of dollars in some cases. My favorite little fun fact if you will is In the US Amtrak has gotten less in its life time than the highway systems gets in a year.
Re: Why Trains Crash next Nova special
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:44 pm
by hoborich
That's my point. Other countries subsidize and invest in their infrastructure, while half of our federal budget goes for wars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aakBuZsykPg
Re: Why Trains Crash next Nova special
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:03 am
by PatAzo
Uncle Donald said this week we're going have one of the greatest military build ups of all time and cut the budget in other areas to pay for it.
Re: Why Trains Crash next Nova special
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:24 pm
by hoborich
It's gonna be a tough four years.
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