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		DrBazza on July 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Room temperature, ambient pressure superconductivi... Maybe it will be the thing that gives the US a nudge towards building a high speed train network. Commodity maglev would be generational leap over existing high speed rail. It would be an economic driver for the US, and take a lot of planes out of the sky, and even freight off the roads.

rcpt on July 27, 2023 [–]

Ultra efficient super fast maglev trains between our most important cities? Not in MY backyard!

bick_nyers on July 27, 2023 | [–]

You want to bury a power cable connecting my city to a solar farm in the Sahara desert? Not in MY backyard!

zardo on July 27, 2023 | | [–]

Oh you say it's made out of lead, well in that case could you run my drinking water through it?

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