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The Deadly Math of Chinese Infrastructure, as Seen at 186 MPH
Fifty-four people in government and industry were blamed (the railway minister first among them) and new rules were implemented, but journalists in China are still on orders, a year on, not to discuss the crash.
China's New Train Will Do 217 Miles an Hour
On a trial run in northeastern China, the new Harbin-Dalian high-speed train flew through mountainous provinces at peak speeds of 300km/h, or 186mph. It made the 921 km trip from Harbin to Dalian in only four hours, a distance that’s roughly equivalent...
Ones and Zeros: Time Travel is Not Possible
_This should help put some perspective on how big the new Arizona Solar Tower "really is.":http://mendocoastcurrent.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/solartowersize.jpg_ h3. One: "Michael Graham Richard has big engineering plans for Arizona's Solar Tower...
We Should All Be This Excited About High Speed Rail
High speed rail is a beautiful thing — it’s low emissions, efficient, social, comfortable, and, of course, fast. It has my vote (hands down) for the most viable sustainable transportation solution for the <a href="http://utopianist.com/201...