One of the debates going on now is whether we as a globe can afford to have people travel more in the 21st century. What do you think?
From Engineer Live web site, here is a rationale for trains related to the travel-more-less question:
In almost every one of the large
industrialised countries, the same problem presents itself: mobility
continually increases. With each day that passes, more and more people and more
and more goods have to be transported from one place to another.
If the environment is not to suffer irreparably, then railways must have
priority in the future in handling these dramatic increases in traffic flows.
This, however, makes its own demands of track-guided traffic: it must become
more attractive and efficient, more economical and environmentally friendlier -
by making use of the benefits of the induction-suspension railway. One solution
could be the Transrapid transport system.
OK, now it's your turn. Do you think people will have to travel more in this century, no matter what? Or do you think we can (and should) cut back on physical travel?
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