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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by puranjay on Friday October 04, 2019 @12:06AM (#21154682)
Stretch your legs, go to any one of the several bathrooms at any time, hang out in the pantry car and even get a proper meal. Store all the luggage you want. Arrive just 20 minutes before the departure and still have time to laze around. Board/deboard in the center of the city rather than 40kms in the outskirts.

The benefits of rail over air are absolutely endless. And I haven't even mentioned the lower carbon footprint of electric rail (you can make electricity from renewable sources. Can't make jet fuel).

Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by garmaine on Friday October 04, 2019 @12:35AM (#21154793)
> you can make electricity from renewable sources. Can't make jet fuel

This isn't true BTW. Biofuels are made by pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere.