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To: Prokopton
"So using advanced technology to transport on high speed rails makes one a "liberal hippie"?"
Gee, I must have missed something... powered railways have been around for almost 200 hundred years, and human power push railways for thousands.... are you saying getting more horsepower out of outdated technology is "advanced"? if it has wheels riding on 40 pound a yard rail, it is not advanced... now, if you can get magnetic, no contact transports (at this point they would no longer be railways, as they would not be riding on rails) then you can talk to me about "advanced"... until then this is just a hippies dream, and a talking point for mass transit....
52 posted on 12/26/2011 12:28:50 PM PST by joe fonebone (Project Gunwalker, this will make watergate look like the warm up band......)
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To: joe fonebone
Gee, I must have missed something... powered railways have been around for almost 200 hundred years, and human power push railways for thousands....

Yes, you sure did miss "something". By your thinking, as powered aircraft have been around for more than 100 years, the Concorde would be "just a hippies dream".

Fail.

57 posted on 12/26/2011 12:49:05 PM PST by Prokopton
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