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[zitothebrave]

I would add the fossil fuel industry. Hi speed rail rather than automobile travel.

Anyone that has travelled out of US will attest to the ease and efficiency of hi tech public transportation.

It's literally how Japan operates as a world power despite being about the size of California.

It's a pretty easy system to implement with the right leadership and engineers. It would basically just need to act as a wheel and spoke type of system. There are catches as the shape of the country is a little odd. But it could be implented. You should be able to travel from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon without a flight.

Right now your options are drive for literally 2 full days, take grey hound buses for literally 4 full days or flight. WHich means you only really have one option. In a theoretical high speed rail you could take a train from Portland to NYC in a few hours, NYC to LA on express (basically hitting Chicago, Denver, Cleveland and a handful of big cities as it races across the US in about 13 hours, then up the coast in another 8 or so hours. So basically a full day of travel, not as fast as a plane, but it still is a better option than most.

Keep in mind I have little skin in the game, high speed rail gains me little other than an option to go home without traffic perhaps, as I'd at best be lucky if a rail stop hit Burlington Portsmouth or Manchester.

[57Brave]

the wheel and spoke grid is already in place

[sturg33]

The reason we don't have it is bc our regulatory burden makes it impossible to build.

As evidence by the total failure of California's attempt