So the China rail system that Obama mentioned in his WTF speech isn't really "winning the future".
1 posted on
02/19/2011 11:10:32 AM PST by
mathprof
To: GeronL
Choo Choo Ping.
A certain exiled FReeper shall be deeply saddened.
2 posted on
02/19/2011 11:15:22 AM PST by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: mathprof
corruption that dogs China’s vast public-works projects That's what "winning the future" means to Democrats.
3 posted on
02/19/2011 11:15:58 AM PST by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: mathprof
The problem with a rail system for so vast an area as China is that, first, it is indeed vast, and, second, rail cannot be easily adapted to technological changes.
4 posted on
02/19/2011 11:16:16 AM PST by
SonOfDarkSkies
('And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?' Yeats)
To: mathprof
Our high speed rail is the 737.
6 posted on
02/19/2011 11:39:32 AM PST by
jpsb
To: mathprof
Mr. Liu, 58, was fired Saturday and is being investigated by the party’s disciplinary committee for “severe violations of discipline,” a euphemism for embarrassing the party with a bad comb-over.WOW, they are serious about party image!
7 posted on
02/19/2011 11:44:16 AM PST by
mewykwistmas
("If the Egyptians are hungry, let them eat ethanol")
To: mathprof
China is a heavily populated country. Rail would be viable for the eastern third of the nation where most of the 1 billion people live. That makes it very different from America.
9 posted on
02/19/2011 11:47:29 AM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: mathprof
BTW the ONLY reason Obama loves rail is that it means union control, and, as the uber community/union/communist organizer, that means power and money to HIM.
But as usual, his idea of winning the future means a one-way ticket to the past.
10 posted on
02/19/2011 11:48:34 AM PST by
SonOfDarkSkies
('And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?' Yeats)
To: mathprof; All
But...But...I thought Communist China was the economic engine of the world? They were superior to the USA...as the supporters of Free Trade with Communist China always told us
I guess more spin from the Free Trade Communists
15 posted on
02/19/2011 12:40:56 PM PST by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Newt Gingrich and Chris Matthews: Seperated at Birth??)
To: mathprof
A person with ties to the ministry said that the concrete bases for the system’s tracks were so cheaply made, with inadequate use of chemical hardening agents, that trains would be unable to maintain their current speeds of about 217 miles per hour for more than a few yearsIf you think this is bad news, wait until Three Gorges Dam begins to leak...
I read about this rail fiasco on an investment website, where they really try to get it right. They said the system is deeply in the red because few Chinese can afford to ride the bullet.
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