Originally Posted by
TBucket
It's not a dream technologically, I'm sure we can eventually figure out HOW to do it. It's a dream because no one would ever be willing to spend the amount of money required to actually BUILD it. This is a country that can't find money to make sure it's bridges aren't dangerously corroding. There's no way they're going to spend 10+ BILLION on an experimental train.
Airplanes are going to be around long after we're all dead and buried.
That's only because bridges are government infrastructure. Airlines are for profit corporations. Big difference.
If your conclusion was accurate, how do we explain Japan's 300mph trains that are already running?