sábado, 29 de agosto de 2009

China's High Speed Rail Will Leave U.S. in the Dust

[...] Meanwhile, China is investing over $300 billion in high-speed rail through 2020, in a bid to speed ahead of the rest of the world's train systems. The numbers alone are head-spinning: 16,000 miles of new track by 2020, requiring 117 million tons of concrete just to construct the buttresses on which the tracks will lie. Top speeds from Beijing to Shanghai will approach 220 miles an hour, halving the current travel time to four hours. This year China Railway Company plans to hire 20,000 young engineers. [...]
Fonte: Treehugger

a china vai investir mais de 300 mil milhões de dólares em comboios de alta-velocidade, mais que o pib de portugal inteiro.
interessante, não?

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