Re: HSR v Hyperloop - for a prize?
Author: Carol L. Voss
Date: 08-18-2013 - 11:00
synonymouse Wrote:
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> I believe there could be condors around and
> probably some other large endangered species, but
> I don't think hsr mostly in tunnel is going to be
> a big problem for them. I gather the wind
> turbines can be.
>
> That must have been the famous Barry Zoeller. I
> still cannot grasp why the Tejonies are so
> anti-hsr. The line would be mostly pretty close
> to the freeway, not exactly a picture postcard
> spot.
Yes, I believe it was Barry Zoeller. As to the wind turbines, here in Monterey County several of the wineries wanted to put up the turbines and were shot down by the Ventana Wilderness people who feared that the condors would get chopped up by them, even tho the condors rarely if ever venture down to the flat lands.
C.