After having remained behind the rest of the developed world for a long time it is not a second too early that President Obama announces a commitment to improve the US railway system.
We stand in front of one of the biggest challenges that the humanity has ever faced, the climate change. I'm sure that I'm not the only one promote this brilliant idea from Obama to develop the American railway system. Even though there is no excuse that this did not happened earlier in a developed country like the US, later is still better than never. One reason why this project did not come into place earlier, some people say, is because many Americans have a very close, "romantic" relationship to their vehicles. The article below is taken from Scientific American.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coming-to-america-high-speed-rail
According to their calculations, by engaging in this project, the US would reduce the carbon dioxide by around 188,000 ton. It is time to put the political ideologies to the side and do what is bets for our beloved mother Earth. The Republican governor of Florida Rick Scott decided to reject $2 million in federal funding for a high speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando. We will see if he is willing to rethink his decision before Florida is completely under water.
