Apr 16 2008
10 Reasons Maglev Trains would be better than Planes
- Fewer delays due to bad weather
- Faster gate-to-gate
- Don’t have to fly Delta
- Can’t drive trains into buildings
- No falling from 30000 feet if the engines fail
- Won’t carry thousands of pounds of explosives on board
- More energy efficient
- Provide jobs for creating national infrastructure
- Costs less
- Can run on renewable energy such as wind or solar
All data from US Department of Transportation: Final Report on the National Maglev Initiative.
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How would they cross the oceans?
They won’t cross oceans, but maybe in future we will not be living this life of automobile based transport, malls, suburbs and intercontinental air travel?
Why they are so much better than conventional high speed trains is not so clear. Are they a lot more energy efficient? They are certainly theoretically capable of higher speeds. But in practice? Whereas high speed trains are here, now, we could migrate to them in a few years, and we know how to do it on a large scale.