Maglev

[wendigo100]

The New Lie.

A New Low.

[wendigo100]

I thought it was 15 feet... ( )

That's given me a flashback...

I remember reading that we'd all be driving around in flying cars by the year 2001. And wearing silver spray-on suits and smoking cancer-free cigarettes.

Whatever happened to progress, eh?

[Malingering BA]

Haven't they had one of these at Birmingham airport for 20 years or so? Mind you it doesn't do 310mph, more like 31mph.

[chicane]

But the purpose of maglev is so you CAN leave things on the line and the train will pass harmlessly over them. One in the eye for scrotes with their bricks, logs and nicked cars, I say!

You underestimate the ability of the feral scrotes. Their intellectual talents don't stretch far, but you can guarantee that whatever you build, they will work out a way to wreck it.

[wendigo100]

just how high above the track do you think it floats?

I thought about 10 feet. That's enough, isn't it?

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[Murder1]

But the purpose of maglev is so you CAN leave things on the line and the train will pass harmlessly over them. One in the eye for scrotes with their bricks, logs and nicked cars, I say!

Is that a maglev or a plane?

[darmstadt]

China has one already but they do crash

[Churchill]

But the purpose of maglev is so you CAN leave things on the line and the train will pass harmlessly over them. One in the eye for scrotes with their bricks, logs and nicked cars, I say!

just how high above the track do you think it floats?

[wendigo100]

But then you have to factor in engineering work and scrotes leaving things on the line. I'd give it about 8 hours.

But the purpose of maglev is so you CAN leave things on the line and the train will pass harmlessly over them. One in the eye for scrotes with their bricks, logs and nicked cars, I say!

[BoredBloke]

"London is 185 miles distance from Manchester "

Lifted from http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/bus...ans-links.html

so 185 / 310 = .6 of an hour giving 36 mins.

But then you have to factor in engineering work and scrotes leaving things on the line. I'd give it about 8 hours.

[Old Greg]

Excellent. Large scale public projects. We'll start of with making dividends subject to income tax to fund it, then away we go!

[Troll]

... and they have a trade surplus... nice

[moorfield]

At 310mph - London to Manchester in 30mins.

Err.. more like 60 mins surely ? The Mancs aren't that close to us are they !?!

[NoddY]

Germany to build maglev railway


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7011932.stm

"Germany has come up with the funds to launch its first magnetic levitation - or maglev - rail service."

...


"The state of Bavaria is to build the high-speed railway line from Munich city centre to its airport, making it Europe's first commercial track."


At 310mph - London to Manchester in 30mins.

I've never heard of this kind of society - one where people build things and innovate. I thought people just sold each other houses using other peoples money. It's a new economic paradigm!

The consolation is that we've got such forward thinking politicians.