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What happens if you crash into it?
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Thats cool as...
It's an automated system, so I'm guessing tied into traffic lights.
It's a cleaver design especially for such a heavily populated country as china.
Not sure it would work so well here.
Generated by all those nice clean coal-fired power stations China has
Still going to be more efficient than lugging the fuel around and burning it in small quantities.
Also is china one of teh few countries that has agree to very strict co2 limits and is looking at converting there coal power stations into clean coal.
same as if you crash into a tram
Built by poor chinkys who wont be able to afford to go on it
Same way we got our infastructure when we were going through teh industrial revolution.
Other countries can not be changed over night. despite what charities and hippies say. They have to have their own change over period.
It;s a darn shame we ripped out our canals and railroads.
Although slow, canals are cheap and could move huge loads, far more than trucks.
why are we not designing and thinking about the future. It is silly. Next generation transport will be sold around the world. We should become a world player in such system.
At least in America they have the army prize for self driving cars.
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Generated by all those nice clean coal-fired power stations China has
How do you know it wont get its power from the Three Gorges Dam ?
We should have kept our canals its true they were slow but with the congestion on our roads now if we still had them they would probably be viable.
1200 annoyed Chinese people late for work.
Most ways of generating power have environmental impacts. I'm comparing it to coal :
"From 2003 to 2007, power production equaled that of 84 million tonnes of standard coal, reducing carbon dioxide by 190 million tons, sulfur dioxide by 2.29 million tonnes, and nitrogen oxides by 980,000 tonnes"
Yeah, of course it's cleaner than coal, but it's totally disregarding all the problems upstream. erosion, displacing people, wildlife etc etc.
Anyway, whatever, It's a cool dam In 3 years wiki says it's paid for a third of its cost which is pretty cool.. But I wouldn't want one in this country. I'd like to see us depending more on nuclear power like france.
Anyway, whatever, It's a cool dam
In 3 years wiki says it's paid for a third of its cost which is pretty cool.. But I wouldn't want one in this country. I'd like to see us depending more on nuclear power like france.
Sorry, I've missed something here. Remind me again why it's clever?
I can't help but think that if you're building a mass rapid transit system, that the expensive bit is the track and NOT the train. So by having a requirement for each "track" to have two sets of supports, isn't that going to drive up costs? Additionally, think of how wide the system would be to allow two way traffic.
Lastly, what's the turning circle of something that wide. It's fine having a ferry that wide, but we're talking about something on tracks.
I can't help but think that if you're building a mass rapid transit system, that the expensive bit is the track and NOT the train. So by having a requirement for each "track" to have two sets of supports, isn't that going to drive up costs? Additionally, think of how wide the system would be to allow two way traffic.
Lastly, what's the turning circle of something that wide. It's fine having a ferry that wide, but we're talking about something on tracks.
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Just for peoples information...
The Three Gorges Damn has WRECKED countless ecosystems and vast swaythes of pristine countryside. Its now responsible for the enormous decline in wildlife that could previously traverse the river without hinderance.
I think it was even responsible for killing off some of the last remaining most rare River Dolphins.
Disgusting really. Still, at least the water will be deep enough to drown the unwanted Chinese babies eh?
The Three Gorges Damn has WRECKED countless ecosystems and vast swaythes of pristine countryside. Its now responsible for the enormous decline in wildlife that could previously traverse the river without hinderance.
I think it was even responsible for killing off some of the last remaining most rare River Dolphins.
Disgusting really. Still, at least the water will be deep enough to drown the unwanted Chinese babies eh?
It can be on tracks, or simply tarmac.
The body will not turn. I expect it is independently steerable wheels. meaning it can spin on it's foot print.
Just like cities and anything else we do.
you have to decide what is more important. And I would say clean and reliable electricity is worth a few eco systems. It is why I support the Severn barrage.