Even at the peak, the return on investment was quite low. Expensive to build, expensive to run. Which is why they got slaughtered by cars. And require subsidy, universally, for passenger services. (View Post)

My guess is that you'd hit pushback couched as "Trade barriers". The real issues would be that this would require wholesale testing and certification of lithium batteries. The problem … (View Post)

But that will run head on into the Furriners Office*, which will say that will upset the Chinese. Plus enforcement will mean actually spending money. Are you sure a nice 3,500 page form to fill in by… (View Post)

It's not a queue as such. You have to demonstrate various bits of alignment, democracy, rule of law, corruption levels etc. We'd start way down the process - (View Post)

There was a Prof. at UCH - specialised in black lung. I recall he gave an interview in which he said it was rare to find someone (like himself) who was glad his job was ending and he didn't need… (View Post)