Showing posts with label hyperloop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hyperloop. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Political Reform For China

China is a one party state. It is a wounded civilization. How would you feel if you were Mayor of town generation after generation, and suddenly they conspire against you make you the town janitor? China is the emperor who is no longer the emperor in the movie The Last Emperor, or at least was until about 1990. Now the Mayor is back in town.



China is an ancient civilization and you have to respect that if you want to deal with it.

So it is a matter of pride. China is not about to become a multi-party democracy where the communist party is no longer above the state. But there still is need for political reform.

One idea would be that the communist party would select two people for every office, be it Mayor or Governor, or President, and the people, through adult franchise, would vote and pick one of the two. Both candidates would get equivalent funds from the party for campaigning.

This would be bold, this would retain the one party state, this would be a major, visible move.

Another, my favorite, is, Mr. Xi, "tear down this wall" you have wrapped around the Internet.

China: A Complex Picture
Kunming Kolkata
Bihar@2025 = $240 Billion
१५% Growth Rake कैसे Achieve करें
मोदी और सौर्य उर्जा
A Genuine World Government
मोदी, नीतिश, नेपाल, नेपालके मधेसी और मैं
So Much For The Butterfly Effect
Modi: A Force Of Nature
Elon Musk's Hyperloop And India
न्यु यर्क मेरा होमटाउन
Climate Change, Terrorism, Poverty, World Government

Nearly 25% of Chinese stocks have stopped trading
China's stock markets have now lost $3.25 trillion. To put that in perspective, that's more than the size of France's entire stock market and about 60% of Japan's market.
Greek crisis is nothing compared to China
Why does this matter to people outside of China? A rapidly sinking stock market is often a sign of an economy in turmoil. Remember 2008? And 2000? .... U.S. banks have nearly ten times as much exposure to China than Greece.

Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Elon Musk's Hyperloop And India

Narendra Modi is all taken by bullet trains and for good reason. But he should not overlook Elon Musk's Hyperloop. It is cheaper, faster and, get this, it runs on solar.

I have talked of all of Bihar being one big city. The Hyperloop would turn all of India into one big city. I mean, if you are moving at 900 miles per hour! That is an hour (less) to get from Delhi to Mumbai. You could live in one city and work in another. You could live anywhere in Uttar Pradesh and commute to Delhi for work.

Hyperloop connections between the diamond cities Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata would be a great idea. It would turn all of India into one big city for real.

The Hyperloop takes urban design to a whole new level. The city need not be one big crowded cluster. It can be vastly dispersed.

Beijing to Delhi is three hours by Hyperloop. I guess no more war! It is hard to go to war with people you see all the time.