What passenger ridership would this rail system need, as opposed to automobile travel, to ever offset the carbon impacts of its construction and operation alone? And I'd suggest that this high speed rail project is not anywhere near even carbon neutrality. It is, in fact, a net carbon contributor to our atmosphere. I'll ask you one thing. Does it trouble you that the federal government is giving subsidies to electric vehicles produced through broad media outlet reports by slave labor around the world? (03:53–04:06)
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Asserts that the high-speed rail project is a net carbon contributor and not near carbon neutrality.
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