- glaber ( @glaber@lemm.ee ) 3•5 hours ago
- birdwatchers
- ouRKaoS ( @ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ) 1•3 hours ago
- Girls in Sundresses
- lightnsfw ( @lightnsfw@reddthat.com ) 2•6 hours ago
I just want to see what happens when a bullet train hits a moose.
- Thann ( @Thann@lemmy.ml ) English7•13 hours ago
High ✅
Speed ✅
Rail ✅
- Lemmilicious ( @MrKurteous@feddit.nu ) 4•12 hours ago
Haha I’m scared of sounding like I don’t like high speed rail, which I do! I love trains in general, I’m interrailing right now! Buuut I felt this was a relevant place to link this fascinating article (slightly click-baity headline) about how high speed rail in Europe is actually not constructed in a very good way, because it ends up eliminating many of the positive sides with the European railway network: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2013/12/high-speed-trains-are-killing-the-european-railway-network/
Edit: fixed typo
- mondoman712 ( @mondoman712@lemmy.ml ) 3•11 hours ago
The problem isn’t how they’re constructed, it’s how they’re run, and this article is basically just complaining about SNCF without realising it. They run bad timetables and aim for high occupancy rather than transporting more people. Jon Worth has better writing on the topic IMO.
- AbsentBird ( @absentbird@lemm.ee ) English1•12 hours ago
Is it really hurting the low speed networks? I would imagine there are many stations that high speed rail doesn’t go to. Let goods travel long distance low speed, let people go fast.
- ShinkanTrain ( @ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ) English41•23 hours ago
You listed “Transit Enthusiasts” and “Bottoms” as if that isn’t the same thing
- H4rdStyl3z ( @H4rdStyl3z@lemmy.ml ) 11•19 hours ago
How dare you be 100% correct
- averyminya ( @averyminya@beehaw.org ) 8•18 hours ago
If only it were true.
Source: California voting for the Hyperloop in 2008
- Cowbee [he/him] ( @Cowbee@lemmy.ml ) 7•14 hours ago
It’s definitely true, California is just governed by right-wingers.
- 56! ( @56_@lemmy.ml ) 4•8 hours ago
From my experience, environmentalists don’t like large construction projects of any kind.
Edit: This comment is based on growing up with environmentalist parents who strongly dislike HS2.
- Phineaz ( @Phineaz@feddit.org ) 8•14 hours ago
It depends on the kind. There are groups that would prefer to see human presence reduced to a speck so nature can thrive. There are groups that somehow care for one single bog or meadow but fail to see the bigger picture. There are also those that simply want to protect everything and do support large projects provided they fulfill a lot of regulations. There are also people such as myself who have given themselves to Realpolitik: Local environmentalism is pointless if global protection fails (some drama added for effect)
- 56! ( @56_@lemmy.ml ) 1•7 hours ago
There are groups that somehow care for one single bog or meadow but fail to see the bigger picture
This is mainly what I was thinking about. People care a lot more about things local to them, rather than a railway which probably won’t have any nearby stations.
Funny, as I’m a staunch environmentalist, and I’m fine with large projects if they have a few things:
- a purpose that serves society (and not just shareholders)
- a plan for mitigating environmental impacts (e.g., and environmental impact assessment --> environmental management plans)
- A compensation and offsetting plan for impacts that can’t be mitigated
- A plan for closure and reclamation
- ComradeSharkfucker ( @sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ) English22•22 hours ago
I love seeing these memes and checking how many apply to me
- Butterbee (She/Her) ( @Butterbee@beehaw.org ) English11•22 hours ago
I haven’t quite checked off cocaine addicts yet… but I think every other box may or may not be at least somewhat applicable.
- tetris11 ( @tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 4•17 hours ago
I’m 5 out of 8. I won’t say which.
- SatyrSack ( @SatyrSack@lemmy.one ) 10•23 hours ago
I would assume a cocaine addict actually wants a high-cocaine rail.
- Annoyed_🦀 ( @Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ) 3•21 hours ago
Fuck i hate train
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