CRRC are already within 60mph of achieving this speed with conventional trains. At this rate, the world will have 500km/h conventional high speed rail by 2040.

Technology transfer worked so well for China that they have now leapfrogged everyone else in green industry. Europe could easily do that to China, but the other way around. China is willing, and has even claimed that with similar levels of automation, it's no more expensive to manufacture in Europe.

"The role of civilization's addiction to the automobile tends to go overlooked in these discussions in favor of more obvious forms of waste like plastic bottles. But cars are everywhere, and so are their rubber feet. And as these tires wear down, that material has to go somewhere."

What did you think of the later instalments of the Xeno series?

Même 350 crédits plus tard, il reste dans mon top 3.

Are these from efteling's main shop?

Fav park - Phantasialand
Fav Coaster - Taiga
Fav dark ride - De Vliegende Hollander
Bucket list park - Tokyo DisneySea, USJ, IoA
Last park visited - Europa Park
Last coaster ridden - Voltron
Coaster count - 475

Favourite: Vliegende Hollander
Overrated: Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
Underrated: Vliegende Hollander
Wish I could ride for the first time again: Tower of Terror (Paris, pre 2018)
Wish i'd never ridden: Bumba Circus, Carnaval Festival, Toy Story Mania, Geister Ricksha, Ninjago