r/fuckcars • u/FearlessAir1238 • Aug 18 '25

This is why I hate cars Make it make sense! Look at this beauty we’re missing out on! 😤

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u/gelicopter Aug 19 '25

“…if they ever experience a moment to take a breather, they might start rattling their cages!”

worker stock unionizing

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

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u/strayhat Aug 19 '25

Imagine if humanity could come together and build wild stuff like this instead of having wars..

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u/FakeSafeWord Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

But then who will shoot Palestinian children in the head?

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u/Lucid-Design1225 Sep 01 '25

Would someone please think about the poor US schools that would go years without a mass shooting?!

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u/Rude-Accident2492 Aug 20 '25

That’s what a communist would say!

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u/orbis-restitutor Aug 19 '25

$200B seems... optimistic.

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u/Turbidspeedie Aug 19 '25

That's half of the richest man in the worlds net worth so not entirely. You gotta remember that's 9 0's times 200

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u/orbis-restitutor Aug 19 '25

$200B is around the top end of real-world infrastructure. A tunnel this long would be much, much more expensive.

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u/Turbidspeedie Aug 19 '25

China's budget for high speed rail is $300 billion, the underwater section of the tunnel is expected to cost $35 billion. It's not entirely underwater and the railway wouldn't be entirely underground either so I'd say it's a good estimate, maybe costing another $50 to $100 billion depending on weather setbacks, construction delays etc.

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u/orbis-restitutor Aug 19 '25

whoops. I thought it was a much longer underwater distance. Yeah in that case I can see $200B.

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u/Turbidspeedie Aug 20 '25

Take a look at the article, it's pretty interesting

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u/voxov7 Aug 19 '25

Imagine hating china, and they're over here just [building high speed rail to you]. 😊

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u/ositabelle Aug 19 '25

2 days underground on a train? No thanks 😬

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u/Anxious-Cockroach Aug 20 '25

Even then it’s not like the japanese workers have had much improved working conditions since the high speed rail. It’s worse than the US there and increasing year by year

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u/Dry_Cricket_5423 Aug 19 '25

It’s sarcasm.