Why don't you say the same thing to your God Father - the US government?
Didn't the US government decide to build a spider-web highway network to cover the whole US for its strategic needs and developments last century? Why don't you question how it would make the roads profitable?
How often did you drive on those roads? Just try on the roads especially in states which are in the middle of the US map. You often will find you are one of only a few cars on the road. But the roads were maintained under very well condition. Why don't you accuse the US government for 浪費民脂民膏？
鐵路網對中國來講確係比公路網來得合適，但成本咁高、效益咁低嘅高鐵投資又是否值得？響 law of diminishing return 嘅大前題底下，當鐵路嘅速度已經提升到一個水平，需要問嘅係全國鐵路網仲有無須要繼續為咗慳多果少少時間而去投放多咁大筆錢。唔好忘記，高鐵極速根本唔能夠行得耐，因為加減速須時，而每一次停站亦意味住高速持行嘅時間越來越少。再者，鐵路交通最大嘅用家係每年春運同十一黃金周嘅平民百姓，特別係民工。百姓同民公嘅生活近呢十幾廿年生活覺係富裕咗，但高鐵係高消費交通工具，咁又邊度適合呢一批最大用家嘅消費力呢？而鐵路局卻偏偏為咗谷高高鐵乘客率而對削減普通火車嘅班次（呢樣野我之前都講過好多次），咁樣唔係與民為敵又係乜野呢？
你所謂嘅 blackhole costs，響中國大陸因為層層 cap 水層層貪，所以絕對會比其他地方嚴重（咁不過我諗都會好過啲第三世界國家嘅...)。而且，你仲未計當中因為偷工減料而所帶來嘅損失（包括好有可能發生嘅意外而引至人命傷亡）。鐵路路基打得唔好、路軌剛水有問題、監工審核無人理等等全部報紙都有報導過，問題只係睇吓幾時爆煲、爆屎渠而以。而且高鐵行得快，列車一旦出事嘅話，乘客絕對係全部冚包散。我想問你，人命呢個 cost 你又點計？
Taking the highspeed railway is a lot more convenient, because of the security checks at the airports.
China just cannot accommodate 1 billion cars on the road. That is the why the long term strategy is to have tens of millions of people using public transit, like railways.
When the oil prices increase more in the future, the US economy will be destroyed since they are too dependent on cars. But the Chinese have electric powered highspeed railway, of which the energy source is much more flexible.
發表於 2011-4-11 10:48
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