China’s High Speed Train Breaks a New Record

And we don't have these in the States because??

Generally speaking, electric train is more green and efficiency than plane.
But, considering the land occupation, it`s not easy to lay the rails in USA .
Not like in China, goverment can easily relocate the natives, and make room for the constructions.
All in all ,this is not a question about tech or money in USA.
It`s about human rights!
So , i think it is the two side of the coin, sustainablity or human rights,
what`s your choice?

Also who cares if airlines are bankrupt?
a Boeing 747 burns approximately 36,000 gallons over a 10 hour flight

that's about 5 MPG, i know planes carry many people but still dude.

high speed trains in the us would be wonderful.
greater public transportation could actually solve the major problem of oil however there is one huge difference:
NATIONAL SAVINGS

USA: -$13 TRILLION 55% of GDP to public debt
CHINA: $3 TRILLION +

http://www.roubini.com/asia-monitor/253064/just_how_much_money_does_china_have__...

...Technology thrives while Humanity dies...

This would be obsolete if space travel technology was accessible to all.

Delicious , this is a human right issue . Do you like to breathe clean air ? This is a non fossil fuel future , if we embrace it . It could replace most airplanes , and is a good long term investment for humanity and the earth .

If these trains were introduced in the US, the airline industry would surely go bankrupt.

In less than 10 years and at a fraction of the coast of our war on terror and for oil
the Chinese took the Japanese Bullet train and turned it in to a snail train!
this 259MPH comes from the one they built to run at 218MPH the next one is being built as we sit on our hands for 310MPH but will probably do 400 thats coast to coast in 10 hours or less faster than air + security check and cheaper to will we get it? ...do we GET IT!

High speed rail would serve the public VERY WELL in many parts of this country as a substitute for airlines. ( Australia to. Like big ol China )

Why do we not have this in america??? public transportation is an amazing idea, no traffic, no need to buy cars or waste money on gas. less deaths. The list goes on yet we still have billions of cars in the U.S. because our government decides when we are and are not a free market. F*** you America f*** you

"In other news 220 million people starved to death in southern China today...."

Awesome... I wonder what records we have broken recently.

...they break a lot of records...personally, I don't give a crap...

The oil and auto lobbies in the US would never let this happen here. It's not what's good for the country and its citizens, it's what's good for the people in power and how they can best maintain that power.

Speed, and energy efficiency, is GOOD. GO high speed rail! Good for China.

true if the trains are in the us, airlines will go bankrupt!!