Anyhow, I'm already all excited about the fact that one day a high-speed TGV line will link Toulouse to the rest of France (and to Barcelona).
Toulouse and Seoul are 5800 miles apart (in a straight line), which the TGV would traverse in 29h. Definitely exciting. I think it'd be a matter of preparing oneself to stay up for 48 hours (with stops, and not in a straight line) watching Eurasia go by. guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
For such a trip I'd wager that travelling by train would be so much more fascinating. The scenery would be better experienced. That said, flying can be wonderful too, but half of the time there are clouds, and beyond mountain ranges nothing really stands out.
Heh, that would be something like 1.5 days even with a 350 km/h non-stop train :-)
(And a high-speed line for that would cost, what, anything upwards from €100 billion...) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
And a Wagon-Lit on a TGV is much spiffier than first class on an airplane, so €10000 also seems reasonable. guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
Annual meaning every damn year.
Just imagine what could be done with that if it wasn't wasted. With a peace dividend of that magnitude you could fund a scheme like this, solve world hunger, and barely notice the difference.
Throwing a few tens of billions a year at sustainables wouldn't be a bad thing either.
At the current rate of construction, expect it when you're a granddaddy :-)... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
