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China may have edge in race to build California's bullet train
Yahoo News ^ | 5/21/15 | Robin Respaut and Rory Carroll | Reuters

Posted on 05/21/2015 9:36:55 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

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manufacturers from Germany, Japan, South Korea, and France

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No chance any of them win unless Tutor Perini drags them into it..

I hope they use more of that high grade Chinese steel to build it with.. just like the new Bay Bridge..

I'm sure MoonBeam is on top of all those little details.

TooT TooT The MOONBEAM eXpress has left the station.. riding on hot air, not rails.

1 posted on 05/21/2015 9:36:55 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Still the train to nowhere.

If it ever gets built and the rolling stock is ever produced.

I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for it to happen any time soon.


2 posted on 05/21/2015 9:38:37 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: NormsRevenge

Just what California needs - more debt.


3 posted on 05/21/2015 9:39:24 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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Stealing our tax dollars and mortgaging our kids’ future while stimulating the Chinese economy on Brown’s boondoggle? Hope they bring their own water.


4 posted on 05/21/2015 9:43:35 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Chinese. Trains. CA.

I am pretty sure this was a great episode of KUNG FU with David Carradine.


5 posted on 05/21/2015 9:43:36 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: NormsRevenge
part of a $68 billion project to bring the service to the United States

Original estimate was 34 Billion, then 43 Billion. The Times article below puts it at 98.5B (and that was in 2011).

Bullet train cost estimates rise to $98.5 billion

6 posted on 05/21/2015 9:45:24 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (If Hillary was running against Satan, I'd probably abstain.)
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Why am I not shocked?
7 posted on 05/21/2015 9:48:13 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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What does a flight from SF to LA take?
SF airport to downtown is not that far. How about LA airport to downtown?
How much does it cost?

The only Amtrack line on the east coast that makes money is the Boston to NYC to Philly to DC. Part of this is the fact that you end up in downtown NYC(Penn Station or Grand Central). So you can actually walk or take a 10 minute cab ride to your destination.


8 posted on 05/21/2015 9:49:41 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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Gee. 68 billion dollars. Imagine what airlines serving those two cities will think about it. Targeted government funding that directly affects the business to which they’ve committed to serve - even with California’s added costs that might be involved?

If I was an airline corporate type I’d might be talking to them damn lawyers I have on staff to think about a lawsuit...you know...something about the Constitution and words like “equal protection [influence, preference, etc] under the law” and all that. Just a thought, you know.

Just a stab in the dark here, but if you asked a movie starlet whether she’d rather have a ride on a bullet train with the rabble to go get ‘recognized’ in SF versus a glamorous 1st Class plane ride and entourage accompanying, which one she’d rather have. I wonder.

While we’re at it I still come back to that 68 billion dollar price tag. Gee. I wonder how many desalinization plants could be built for that. How much potable water could be produced? Would it help out on California’s dire water situation?

It certainly is a conundrum...


9 posted on 05/21/2015 9:53:35 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Michael.SF.

And it’ll probably be twice that by the time it’s completed (if it ever is). And then the ongoing maintenance and operating costs. How many people will have to ride this thing to break even?


10 posted on 05/21/2015 9:54:14 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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Who ever is willing to pay the politicians the biggest payback will be the winner.

Silly little people. That’s how it works.

Next question?


11 posted on 05/21/2015 9:54:24 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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Can’t wait for those Chinese bullet trains to go over those Chinese bridges.

The payout from those liability lawsuits will add another $10 billion to the price tag.


12 posted on 05/21/2015 9:55:34 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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China’s got to get someone to feed them.. Believe it or Not, even the Chinese know they have limits.. but like here ,, are ruled by ideologues.

I was amazed at the large numbers of empty complexes of high rises out in the middle of nowhere as we bussed into Beijing from our dock last fall..

I guess they had the same advisors as the CA HSR job crew.

or were movie buffs..

IF you build it , They will come. ;-)


13 posted on 05/21/2015 9:58:08 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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How many people will have to ride this thing to break even?

Good question. Ran the numbers using their estimate of 68 Billion:

20 year payout on 68 billion capitol cost (no interest)

365 days per year requires 74,000 people per day at a revenue of $125.00 per person

It would be interesting to see how many people fly each day within the state between the cities proposed to be served by this train.

I doubt it if it is 74,000.

14 posted on 05/21/2015 10:04:59 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (If Hillary was running against Satan, I'd probably abstain.)
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If it hurts the unions Im all for it....


15 posted on 05/21/2015 10:07:30 AM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: NormsRevenge

How about building a bullet aquaduct instead?


16 posted on 05/21/2015 10:09:55 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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China also has an edge in whom California elects to statewide office.


17 posted on 05/21/2015 10:14:37 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: NormsRevenge

All we can hope for is another governor or a financial crisis or a continuation of the drought or a peoples uprising.

They tried to stop this in the courts, with an excellent case. What is being delivered is not what was voted for in 2008, by a long shot. Yet, no judge would interfere.

We are being ruled against.


18 posted on 05/21/2015 10:15:00 AM PDT by cicero2k
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Isn’t there a new earthquake movie coming out?


19 posted on 05/21/2015 10:16:04 AM PDT by umgud (When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
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While we’re at it I still come back to that 68 billion dollar price tag. Gee. I wonder how many desalinization plants could be built for that. How much potable water could be produced? Would it help out on California’s dire water situation?

Hey, no fair asking sensible questions.

20 posted on 05/21/2015 10:18:24 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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