Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
California breaks
ground on bullet train as climate solution
One thing that the
US is way behind its rival, China, is high speed railway system. While China is
already running nearly 20,000 km of high speed rail, or HSR, including the
world's longest line the 2,298 km Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, there
is none in America.
Now, California, the
nation’s eco-leading state, has just celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony for
its ambitious high speed railway between San Francisco and Los Angeles that is
projected to complete by 2029, if everything goes as planned.
If you look at
China, its nationwide HSR network already extends to 28 of the country's 33
provinces and regions, which was first introduced in 2007 and carried over
million passengers in 2013. It seems that China is much greener and faster in
terms of public transportation, doesn’t it?
(However, most of
the electricity in China is generated by coal power plants)
Enjoy reading and
learning how challenging to overcome economic hurdles to make ecological investment.
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