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Say nice things about China

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  • #52
    Podge201
    Closed Accounts Posts: 173 ✭✭Podge201


    They don't eat Chinese takeaways.


  • #53
    Popeleo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭Popeleo


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I was on the Maglev in Shanghai last July. 20 miles in 7 minutes.

    Imagine... Dublin to Galway in 56 minutes.

    I love that maglev - been on it quite a few times.

    Most of the time is spent accelerating up to the top speed of 432 kmph and then slowing down. Only at max speed for a couple of minutes.

    So you could theoretically do Dublin-Galway in 30 minutes.


  • #54
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Podge201 wrote: »
    They don't eat Chinese takeaways.

    Yet they eat bats in a bowl of water........
    Not a good ad for having a 3in1


  • #55
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    They eat rats. Good for pest control.


  • #56
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    I suppose their blocking Twitter is a good thing about China.

    Of course their ban on Twitter doesn’t extend to government officials using it to spread propaganga outside of China.


  • #57
    biko
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    They haven't eaten the people of Tibet yet.


  • #58
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    They haven’t invaded the Republic of China (i.e. Taiwan) yet, despite all their threats to do so.


  • #59
    Xertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭Xertz


    Popeleo wrote: »
    I love that maglev - been on it quite a few times.

    Most of the time is spent accelerating up to the top speed of 432 kmph and then slowing down. Only at max speed for a couple of minutes.

    So you could theoretically do Dublin-Galway in 30 minutes.

    That was actually built by Siemens.

    They’ve never been able to make a business base for it to any European rail operator. They’re all happy with 300-350km/h long distance high speed.

    Irish Rail is happy with about 160km/h on a good day ...


  • #60
    Popeleo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭Popeleo


    Xertz wrote: »
    That was actually built by Siemens.

    They’ve never been able to make a business base for it to any European rail operator. They’re all happy with 300-350km/h long distance high speed.

    Irish Rail is happy with about 160km/h on a good day ...

    Yes, a Siemens and ThyssenKrupp consortium. Even in China, it is a one-off. They have built thousands of km of traditional high speed rail in the last decade, running at either 350kmph or 250kmph.

    It's a pity that the Shanghai-Hangzhou line never went ahead, as that could have helped spread maglev rail. The one to the airport doesn't even make it into the centre of Shanghai, but it was a nice project for the 2010 Expo.

    I'm really looking forward to the Chuo Shinkansen, Japan's first maglev bullet train. Top speed over 500kmph, with the first phase opening in 2027.


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  • #61
    Xertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭Xertz


    The TGV actually hit 574km/h on a test run using conventional rails.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE4A0nPjyqQ


    At present (well when they're no coronavirus) you've Bordeaux-Paris 20X per day in 2h14 mins at normal high speeds - 584km

    Cork to Belfast is only 419km!

    It'll be a LONG time before we see anything like that hurtling across the Curragh.


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