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G7 countries agree to shut all their coal power plants within the next 10 years (theprogressplaybook.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh the HS2 think maybe could have done something good. Might have been worth removing tonnes of soil and replacing it with tonnes of soil.

Can't be remotely as valuable now. HS2 was such a cock up. I'm actually reading a book about railways. Fuck could the Victorians get stuff done. Pick and shovel, no messing.

[–] CheeseNoodle 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Given HS2 has already cost more than most European countries spend doing entire network expansions I'm pretty sure it was a massive success for its intended purpose.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The UK does things like include railways stations in the project, European countries don't. Hence the large cost difference.

But it needs to be done. We still have lines that are 150 years old. It will be worth it.

Even the shinkansen was over budget and unpopular when being built. Now nobody would argue it wasn't amazing.

[–] CheeseNoodle 1 points 6 months ago

Yeh but its like an order of a magnitude of difference, we're spending more than its costing Italy to build a subway through rome which requires a full on archiological dig every 20 feet.