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Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas(www.popsci.com)

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Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas::The proposed electric railway line could travel 240 miles in under 90 minutes for over 6 million passengers per year.

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ilmagico@lemmy.world
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I doubt it … first, it’s electric, and second, you cannot install a lift kit on it.

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Moonguide@lemmy.world
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But you could add some truck nuts behind every train car and some bull horns on the front.

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Steeve@lemmy.ca
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It’s electric, but a diesel engine strictly for “rolling coal” at cyclists will also be installed.

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chalupapocalypse@lemmy.world
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Right? Sorry folks, no train today, it’s over 80f or below 30f degrees out

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Objects@lemmy.sdf.org
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Naw. They’d be a couple miles down the track before the electric goes out.

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Proweruser@feddit.de
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It could, but it won’t.

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HerbalGamer@lemmy.world
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I dunno, they do like bullets

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Matthew@programming.dev
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That’s how you sell it to them

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Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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On the other hand, one of the reasons they like bullets is because they can be used to kill minorities. A bullet train designed in a certain way can kill both a lot of minorities and public interest in mass transportation.

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Toribor@corndog.social
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Hyperloop? Pfffffttt. My imaginary train is even faster!

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Pocketyeti@lemmy.world
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Been talking about this for years, wake me up when they actually start doing something.

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Matt Shatt@lemmy.world
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Seriously. It comes up every couple of years. Then the residents of Grimes county get all up in arms, put signs all along highway 6, vote against it, and then it dies a silent death.

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