A high-speed rail line between Southern California and Las Vegas moved one step closer to reality Monday when ground was officially broken to mark the start of construction on the project.
I’m all for more trains in general, but $12 billion?? Fucking hell that’s too much money. And Las Vegas??? A city that practically and logistically-speaking should not exist? Building a zero emissions train (theoretically awesome) that goes out into the middle of the desert to a city that is warming faster than anywhere else in America, one that will only need more access to our dwindling water supply in the future, makes zero sense to me.
I’m sure people will hate me for saying this, but we should be phasing out unsustainable cities like Las Vegas, not giving them incentives to build up even more.
I agree that Vegas shouldn’t exist, but the price tag makes sense? It’s in California, there are probably a lot of environmental measures that will be taken during the construction process which I fully support happening.
12 billion dollars for a train line hundreds of miles long and possibly rebuilding some bridges is pretty cheep. And it isn’t like casinos waste a lot of water to run compared to other economic activities.
And, honestly, Las Vegas isn’t that unsustainable except for the heat and we already have ways of dealing with it.
I’m all for more trains in general, but $12 billion?? Fucking hell that’s too much money. And Las Vegas??? A city that practically and logistically-speaking should not exist? Building a zero emissions train (theoretically awesome) that goes out into the middle of the desert to a city that is warming faster than anywhere else in America, one that will only need more access to our dwindling water supply in the future, makes zero sense to me.
I’m sure people will hate me for saying this, but we should be phasing out unsustainable cities like Las Vegas, not giving them incentives to build up even more.
I agree that Vegas shouldn’t exist, but the price tag makes sense? It’s in California, there are probably a lot of environmental measures that will be taken during the construction process which I fully support happening.
12 billion dollars for a train line hundreds of miles long and possibly rebuilding some bridges is pretty cheep. And it isn’t like casinos waste a lot of water to run compared to other economic activities.
And, honestly, Las Vegas isn’t that unsustainable except for the heat and we already have ways of dealing with it.