Comments by "VE7NDE" (@denelson83) on "Why California’s High-Speed Rail Is Taking So Long" video.

  1. Neither does Canada, and it seems Canada will never get high-speed rail. Here on Vancouver Island, we have actually lost all of our passenger rail service. We are stuck with roads for surface transport.
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  2.  @donaldkasper8346  So you are basically just saying "shut up and drive"? Mother Nature is not going to like that kind of stance from you or anyone else. And you know what else gobbles up a lot of elevated concrete? Interstate ramps and flyovers.
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  3.  @fatdoi003  Neither do car companies or fossil fuel companies.
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  4.  @internetpointsbank  Yeah, and then look at the map of the HSR network in China. China's land area is larger than that of the US.
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  5.  @brantkim  Flights are bad for the climate compared to high-speed rail.
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  6.  Fjb Atyoutube1  Daft of you to suggest that in the middle of a housing crisis. Attempting that will only result in homelessness.
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  7.  @donaldkasper8346  We should not have to.
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  8.  @RaiJolt2  But it's only for freight.
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  9.  @neutrino78x  Way to drink the far-right Kool-Aid.
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  10.  @neutrino78x  Those are right-wing talking points you are making, unfortunately.
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  11.  @neutrino78x  So you are in favour of the human species going extinct from climate change. And do you not realize that this is a public infrastructure project? There is no place for the profit motive in public projects. Whether you think it is a waste of money or not is irrelevant.
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  12. You had better get this project done, for the sake of all.
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  13.  @Anon-te6uq  I only ever rode on Via Rail once.
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  14. Remember that inflation is largely due to corporate profits. It is one way that capitalism is trying to stop this project from being completed. Capitalism has been against high-speed rail in North America from the very beginning. Why else would you think that the vast majority of North Americans have no transportation option other than the automobile? Because of capitalism. And 1300 km? That is the total intended track length of this project, and it is also roughly the distance from Windsor, ON to Quebec City in Canada. This means if California's high-speed rail project is a success, it could encourage Ontario and Quebec to build a high-speed railway corridor there.
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