Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "How Japan's Maglev Train Works" video.

  1. You have have high ridership across its entire life to recover that cost, and you can't just raise the price of a train ticket since people will simply find other means of travel. Ergo, this is only profitable in first world sardine can cities like Tokyo.
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  2. That's likely the one of very few places it would be economical to do so.
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  3. Even those segments are not even profitable for Amtrak trains, let along hugely expensive maglev
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  4. Only if you know nothing of science or magic
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  5. Trains are faster in America? Everyone that has been on an Amtrak says otherwise. Wait times are a little less, ticket prices are a little less, but in exchange your selection of destinations are less and you will be on that train for days. Amtrak's CEO said they have not been profitable for years and will likely never be profitable since everyone chooses greyhounds or planes over trains. And it takes a special kind of fool to call big highways a hellscape
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  6. China's attempt at maglev was fake like all their other ponzi schemes
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  7. Chila is too poor for that
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  8. @matsv201  depends how wide the highway is
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  9. @matsv201  relative costs of material is also important. North America has a lot of crude oil and gravel so asphalt is cheap.
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  10. @matsv201  depends what part of Europe and America you mean
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  11.  @matsv201  two lanes, four lanes, six lanes, eight lanes?
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  12. Before anyone suggests building more of these, know that these are so expensive they're only profitable in first world cities that are as population dense as a sardine can.
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  13. Not exactly. They put mayonnaise on ice cream
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