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punnerud

Super simple idea on how transportation should work:

https://youtu.be/zpkmGV9a6V0

https://youtu.be/GlBOqM99q5g

If we could change between cars, buses, trains, boats at speed; do we need plains? No stops and full speed all the way.

(Will try to make more complexed models and visualize between boats, buses, trains.. But the main idea is the same)

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A decade ago, there was a Chinese proposal for a non-stop bullet train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ig19gYP9o

I don't think anything came out of that, but it's a cute idea, especially for high-speed stuff.

Don’t think changing between cars, buses, trains or boats at speed will make me stop using plains (sp).

But then again, crossing the Pacific or getting anywhere in the world from Australia requires some serious distance, unlike many European flights.

Crossing the Pacific will probably not work in a long time without one extremely long tunnel. But for a lot of 1-2hour flights and transportation with cars. With highspeed train maybe also 2-6 hour plain flights. Do the math, it can compete on time.

The Bering straight is not very wide.

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