Moonbeam's Gigantic Boondoggle

[planosteve]

China builds entire cities nobody will live in. Moodbeam is building a 68 billion dollar high speed rail that nobody will ride. Beam me up Scottie.

California is about to get the nation's first bullet train.

KPCC reports that Tuesday marked the official start of work on a high-speed rail line that will zip passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco at a stomach-churning 200 mph. For an estimated cost of $68 billion, the new train is expected to cut travel time between the two cities to less than three hours from the six or more it takes now.

According to KPCC, the first phase of the project includes a 28-mile stretch of track from Fresno to Madera Additional phases planned would complete the 520-mile stretch between San Francisco and the Los Angeles Basin by 2029.

http://mic.com/articles/107838/california-just-broke-ground-on-a-68-billion-project-that-will-change-the-way-you-travel

[GFB]

..and after being sold as a high speed bullet train..turns out it's going to be just like every other train.

The "Browndoggle."

[GFB]

It's a 100 billion dollar toy train that no one will ride.

..flying between L.A. and San Francisco is an especially easy and cheap maneuver..and there are many, many flights every day.

The train will be much slower and more expensive than flying..good luck.

[planosteve]

Where's the 68 billion going to come from?

[GFB]

Where's the 68 billion going to come from?

Well, heck..sell some of that gold!!

[truep]

Where are the terminals be. They can't run them at those speeds through cities!

[GFB]

Where are the terminals be. They can't run them at those speeds through cities!

They've long since given up on the "high speed" part.