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USA Will Invest in High-Speed Train to Fight Climate Change (www.raillynews.com)
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USA Will Invest in High-Speed ​​Train to Fight Climate Change::The USA Will Invest in High-Speed ​​Train to Fight Climate Change - US President Joe Biden announced in a speech on December 9, 2023 that they are carrying out the first high-speed train projects in US history. These projects are across America

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[–] 38 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Barack Obama tried to do the same thing: https://time.com/3100248/high-speed-rail-barack-obama/

While I would love for this to be a reality, I just don't see it actually happening.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The way the US shows more progress is if the Democrats can stay in power for a long enough period of time. But the last time Dems had that kind of power was as far back as 2008. It makes you wonder if the only way Democrats can ever get into power is when a recession hits.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but with climate change in front of us, we actually don't have time.

    I'm incredibly nihilistic right now.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Eh, it was predicted we would die because the population growth was exceeding our ability to farm food, but then out of necessity the industrial revolution happened.

    I think we are predicting we will die but out of necessity we will make the necessary changes to save ourselves just in time. Not just stopping emissions (this will only help slow the worsening, since we might be past the point of no return by the time we do this), but also carbon capture to remove the CO2, while simultaneously seeding extra clouds with something like the salt water canons running on cargo ships, and other such tech to reflect the sun while we get to work on CO2 capture.

    The CO2 will have to be sequestered back in the ground, so a method will have to be made to liquify and pump it back in, but it's theoretically possible.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    The CO2 will have to be sequestered back in the ground, so a method will have to be made to liquify and pump it back in, but it's theoretically possible.

    Not theoretical, they're doing this as proof of concept at cement plants in Norway, they're planning on pumping it into an aquifer under the artic ocean

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    We're not undoing the atmospheric carbon or methane, and sequestration won't stop the climate change done that will cause issues for 10s of thousands of years. That being said we will figure out survival and a path forward to not make it worse.

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