tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37193330.post8625952099501039133..comments2023-10-30T09:14:22.102-04:00Comments on JammieWearingFool: Stunner: Cost of CA High-Speed Rail Project Triples, Won't Be Ready for 22 YearsJammieWearingFoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02187909738923654281noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37193330.post-75362892010384770672011-11-02T00:38:15.155-04:002011-11-02T00:38:15.155-04:00Fund it with the profits from the stem cell boondo...Fund it with the profits from the stem cell boondoggle that passed as a ballot initiative in California too.dmurrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701970257321622149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37193330.post-9490699020114905112011-11-01T14:48:13.636-04:002011-11-01T14:48:13.636-04:00I love how they scientifically determined that the...I love how they scientifically determined that the traindoggle will be ready in 22 years. How about a reality check?<br /><br />There is a structure called the Bay Bridge. 22 years ago there was an Earthquake which damaged part of the structure. It was decided that half the bridge should be replaced rather than repaired (although the repairs have worked for 22 years with the biggest danger being the changes they made for the construction of the new half-a-bridge.<br /><br />It is predicted that that the half-abridge should be ready about 24 years after the earthquake. The cost will probably be over $12 billion (no it is not paved in gold.) I think the origial estimates were a couple billion and this was project involving an existing structure and zero need to acquire any right-of-ways or easements.fiatluxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37193330.post-57307365293410525852011-11-01T09:54:36.168-04:002011-11-01T09:54:36.168-04:00Can anyone say "BIG DIG"?Can anyone say "BIG DIG"?kjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37193330.post-83981524896472419532011-11-01T08:25:30.578-04:002011-11-01T08:25:30.578-04:00Here's something to take into account the next...Here's something to take into account the next time the rail network in the USA gets compared to the rail network in Japan or Europe- particularly vis a vis High Speed rail.<br /><br />The overwhelming majority of the tracks here in the USA are owned by private companies like Norfolk Southern or Union Pacific, for starters.<br /><br />Also, I think that cheerleaders for High Speed Rail fail to appreciate how many commodities move to market, export (or disposal) by way of rail in the USA: coal, tomatoes, grain, clay slurry, Liquified natural gas, trash, sand, ethanol, berries, auto parts, contaminated soil, acid, construction debris, molten sulfur, gravel, steel, coke, pipe, wood chips and even orange juice concentrate- and that's just the stuff that moves in dedicated unit trainsets.<br /><br />And like the CSX ad blitz has been saying these last couple of years- one ton of freight can go over 400 miles on one gallon of fuel.<br /><br />Also, it's worth noting that these high speed rail projects in Japan and France got started in the 1960s at the latest. Both countries had their transportation networks- particularly rail- reduced to rubble in WWII. So during the postwar rebuilding, somebody came up with the idea of creating a dedicated high speed rail line built from scratch, since they were essentially rebuilding their rail network from scratch (w/ a little help from the Marhsall fund). You want to see what happens when somebody embarks upon building high s<br /><br />peed rail for no other reason than impressing gullible foreigners? <strong></strong><a href="http://x.vu/229137" rel="nofollow">Take a look at China</a>...Fenway_Nationnoreply@blogger.com