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64 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 17 Dec \ on: Honolulu Rail Needs 5,577 BTC bailout from Trump Administration Construction_and_Engineering

What is the point of putting a massive rail in Hawaii? Is it for the tourists, or for the local people? I feel they should have set up a better bus system instead of a rail..

30 sats \ 5 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 17 Dec

Yeah I’m not sure either. I’m curious what the traffic feasibility study would’ve suggested.

101 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 17 Dec

They have the roads already built. It would have been many times smarter to get a better bus system, even if if used electric.

67 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 17 Dec

Yeah, but why should they run electric busses when they can suck the federal teat and get a brand-spanking-new rail line that they don’t have to pay for? They might even try to get a nuclear power plant to go with it!

56 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 17 Dec

I know San Francisco still runs electric buses. They use the old lines and the bus has a wire that connects to it. I always thought they were interesting, but it must work for them since they have kept them.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 18 Dec

How long do you think SF electric busses will be operating when California is having rolling blackouts due to lack of electric power and all of those electric cars plugging in for a charge? If they have some more electric generation, it would work.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 17 Dec

I would put good money on it being set up as a pork-barrel project for the amazing Senators and representatives in Hawaii! You know, logrolling pays well!