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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Over a decade. It’s a massive infrastructure project. I’m not demanding to ride high speed rail in 2025, I’m demanding it to have started by then knowing full and well that the design portion will take several years for a rush job. Bridges aren’t quick either, nor are dams. But governments build them because they have to start sometime.

We needed to start this process 20 years ago. We desperately need to start now. At no point will we stop needing to start asap, it just will get more and more dire that we do.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any project that takes longer than an election cycle is doomed

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Then so too are we