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Trudeau pitches high-speed rail, putting surprising new decarbonization options on the table
(www.nationalobserver.com)
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High top speeds isn't the reason that HS2 is costing so much, there's a lot of overbuilding of things like tunnelling under rural areas to keep certain voters happy. Also, the UK absolutely can afford to finish it, it's a political choice not to.