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21.01.2022 Channel 7 Sunrise interview 2013 - Bullet Trains for Australia? - - - - - - - - - - - Wow, 5 years later and still no High-Speed Trains for Australia. Let's hope the current Federal Government $20 million to develop fast-rail business cases results in action, not more talk and reports. https://www.facebook.com/BulletTrainforCanberra/videos/277219722882631/

20.01.2022 Meanwhile in Japan... https://www.railjournal.com//jr-east-previews-400km-h-sh/

15.01.2022 https://bit.ly/2BDzXL6

11.01.2022 Faster rail services on the agenda for NSW state and federal elections - - - - - - - - FAIRFAX: "The most likely routes to be considered include Sydney-Canberra via the new $5 billion-plus airport at Badgerys Creek, and Sydney-Newcastle. A commitment to a feasibility study will place the prospect of faster rail on Australia's east coast on the agenda for both the federal and state elections next year." Full story...... https://www.canberratimes.com.au//faster-rail-services-on- See more

10.01.2022 No wonder Allan Joyce and Qantas have no love for SYD-MELB High-Speed Rail! - - - - - - - "Billion-dollar flight: Qantas' route named world's second most-lucrative Fairfax Media. Qantas alone operates approx 65 flights a day on the Melbourne to Sydney route. Is this further evidence there is capacity for a high-speed rail even with our relatively small population? TRAVELLER STORY: World's highest revenue flight routes: Qantas' Melbourne-Sydney route No.2 on the list. The Mel...bourne-Sydney route is not just one of the world's busiest, it's also one of the world's most lucrative, according to new figures. Aviation industry analysts OAG identified Qantas' Melbourne-Sydney route as the second-highest revenue route in the world, reaping more than $US800 million ($1.1 billion) in revenue over the past year. It is beaten only by British Airways' New York to London route, flying between New York's JFK airport and Heathrow. OAG said the top 10 routes were all high-cost operations, combining large aircraft with high frequency, citing Qantas operating about 65 flights a day on the Melbourne to Sydney route. In addition, the most lucrative routes also tended to have a high proportion of business travellers, who typically will book later and pay more for their flights increasing the revenue on the routes despite the high operating costs. FULL STORY http://www.traveller.com.au/worlds-highest-revenue-flight-r See more

10.01.2022 "Australia should build up regional areas to take pressure off sprawling cities" Liberal Minister Alan Tudge - - - - - - - - - - Can someone please buy a copy of "High-Speed Rail for Dummys" for our Population and Cities Minister Alan Tudge? https://bit.ly/2wEgBzF

09.01.2022 Germany currently has Hydrogen fuel cell long-distance trains, what do we have? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://www.facebook.com/timbohmcanberra/videos/738742189976174/

09.01.2022 It’s funny because it’s true The Greens once again have put their own interests ahead of the country and the planet. The Lib’s now have a mandate to do nothing on climate change, but it’s ok because the Greens got their 6 senators re elected and they will now sit back and draw a salary and achieve f$&$ all for the next three years.... https://m.betootaadvocate.com//bob-brown-leads-coalition-/

07.01.2022 Hour for hour, there's no better way to warm the planet than to fly in a plane! - - - - - - - - - - - - "A Melbourne-Canberra-Sydney-Brisbane very fast train should be obvious for Australia. Why not?" Asks Crispin Hull "This week I (Crispin Hull) travelled at 300km/h on the very, very fast train from Madrid to Barcelona. It covered the 625 kilometres in three hours, an average of 208km/h. This included four or five stops on the way.... The train goes to and from the centre of each city every hour in the main part of the day for $65 with more legroom than Qantas business class, free wifi and a quality dining car. The distance is not much less than the distance between Sydney and Melbourne. Madrid's population is 3.2 million and Barcelona's 1.6 million, much lower than that of Sydney and Melbourne. Spain's median income is about two-thirds that of Australia. Australia's approach to transport is quite maddening. If we are determined to be so stupid as to allow massive immigration that stresses our environment and infrastructure can we at least apply some intelligence to deal with the consequences. Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said a very-fast train should be a no-brainer. He told The Sydney Morning Herald conference on population and settlement that Australians' quality of life will become worse unless we deal with public transport. The Coalition virtually junked Federal funding for public transport when it came to power in 2013. It moved it to roads and airports. The only rail it is interested in is the inland rail to move freight to and from their mates' farms. State Governments are struggling to deal with the consequences." Read more... http://ow.ly/6INE50wwkvZ

07.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155834971256371&set=a.124834896370&type=3&sfns=mo

06.01.2022 Hyperloop v HSR - - - - Anthony Albanese says, and leaving hypothetical tech such as Elon Musk’s Hyperloop to gestate for a while before looking to it as the answer to Australia’s transportation solution. A LA company has suggested the Hyperloop could solve our distance problem, floating the idea to a parliamentary inquiry. The technology, which remains untested, involves magnetic capsules levitating in tubes where the air pressure has been reduced to levels to allow for a...lmost no air friction, enabling travel at speeds of up to 1,223km/h. https://www.theguardian.com//labor-rebuffs-elon-musks-hypo See more

05.01.2022 Climate Change and transport - - - - - - - - - Transport emissions in Australia & the world make up 20-25% of total emissions. That's not far behind the fossil fuel electricity sector! TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO:... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1/ If you don't need to fly then don't. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2/ When you next see your local or federal politicians cutting ribbons and giving out awards, ask them: Why have they and their parties done absolutely nothing on HIGH SPEED RAIL in AUSTRALIA for the past 40 years? - - - - - - - - Emissions graphic from the following BBC article: - - - "A string of horrifying climate-related disasters has brought a distinctly environmental theme to many people's New Year resolutions. Many have chosen to reduce their carbon footprint by flying less, or cutting out planes completely. Flygskam - the Swedish word for "flight-shame" - has become commonplace. In August, Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg set an example by crossing the Atlantic in a zero-emissions yacht. If she had made the return journey from the UK to New York by air, she would have emitted 11% of the average annual emissions for someone in the UK, or the total caused by someone living in Ghana for a year..." FULL STORY https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51007504

04.01.2022 This is totally worth reading if you have been feeling depressed about where the world is headed. Have hope! Carry on! Bring on the social tipping point before we reach the climate tipping point! https://science.anu.edu.au/news-events/opinion/how-do-we-go