Gregory's Server@joakimfors @Gurre It's less of a thing in Europe because we already have working High Speed Rail
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 @jmaris @joakimfors  @Gurre @jmaris @joakimfors π― I don't know if she's hired outside of the German bubble in her cabinet (which has landed her in trouble in the past), but there's bound to be some toxic FDP bro if not in the team at least vdL-team adjacent who's not very up-to-date on the topic and thought it would sound really hip and with it in a policy document. And others who know it's bs, but eh, it's non-legislative as Jon points out, so let them have it, they'll forget all about by the holidays anyway.  @jmaris @joakimfors @Gurre Right, and the fact that people are still seriously talking about this stuff after Musk publicly admitted that is why this seems like malice rather than incompetence. @jmaris @joakimfors @Gurre @jmaris @joakimfors @Gurre I tried TGV last week, it were slow, crowded and generally underwhelming.  @johnrohde @joakimfors @Gurre A french TGV ? On what line? I've never heard of a "slow" TGV.  @jmaris @johnrohde @Gurre Perhaps it was one of these: https://tgvshop.org/ Bit crowded if more than one person and looks kinda slow  @jmaris yes, and the maintenance and improvement of that network is a much better use of funds than this pipe dream. Techbros stop trying to reinvent trains but worse challenge 2024. @c0dec0dec0de @joakimfors @Gurre You're not wrong! Calling Hyperloop a pipe dream is my new favourite idea. Nice pun! |
@jmaris @Gurre Sure, but the hyperloop "meme" is out there now and used as a distraction by any and all that want to prevent more actual rail from being built.