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Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / July 2006China's MagLev
So it's 100% local technology?? http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/05/01/china.maglev.ap/index.html I hope it helps their environment! hey guys. Thank you for China's environmental concerns. i am learning environment science in china. Pollution is a very serious here. but we are trying . > So it's 100% local technology?? Chinese-German technology. > I hope it helps their environment! Depends on how the electricity is produced, if they do as Denmark and burn coal/oil, then it's not good for the environment. //Aho hi J.O. Aho u are right. here we produced electricity by coal and most of Atmospheric pollution is course by it. We have recognized this. but we can't stop. if we change, it need alot of money and many factories will stop work. Pollution is very serious in China, but we are very backward technology and equipment, we can not very good. maybe some German company can come to china and i'm sure it can own a lot of money. by the way,the France's company has come but they may not do well and even have no web site > hi J.O. Aho > u are right. here we produced electricity by coal and most of [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > maybe some German company can come to china and i'm sure it can own a > lot of money. Germany is cutting down on nuclear and is beginning to use more oil/coal, so thats so good. IMHO Finland's new nuclear plant is the way to go, think China could benefit of this too. //Aho J.O. Aho schrieb: > Germany is cutting down on nuclear Yes. > and is beginning to use more oil/coal, No. Power generation out of oil is almost non-existing , and there aren't any plans to build oil power stations. As well, I'm not aware of any increase in coal consumption for power generation, though the amount of power generated out of it may indeed be higher than 10 years ago. Expected is an increase in the consumption of natural gas, mostly from Russian sources. Growth in wind energy: Installed power 2004: 16629 MW Installed power 2005: 18428 MW Delivered power in 2005: 26.5 TWh, which is 5.5% of consumption. Official goals for wind energy are: 4.2% of primary energy by 2010 10% of primary energy by 2020 50% of primary energy by 2050 Hans-Joachim > So it's 100% local technology?? > > http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/05/01/china.maglev.ap/index.html It's mostly German. The Siemens/Thyssen-Krupp people put up a nice web site about it. http://www.transrapid.com/ > I hope it helps their environment! Supposedly, the air-conditioning equipment uses more juice than what's used to support the train. Sounds pretty efficent to me!  SignatureNed Carlson SW side of Chicago, USA www.tubezone.net > > So it's 100% local technology?? > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.transrapid.com/ You're confusing two different maglevs. The original posting was about a Chinese experimental system built near Chengdu; the Transrapid maglev is the one which has been in service for some time in the Pudong area of Shanghai. Bob M. >>>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/05/01/china.maglev.ap/index.html > You're confusing two different maglevs. The original posting was > about a Chinese experimental system built near Chengdu; the > Transrapid maglev is the one which has been in service for some > time in the Pudong area of Shanghai. > > Bob M. D'oh, sorry! The picture on the CNN page shows a picture of the Shanghai train. SignatureNed Carlson SW side of Chicago, USA www.tubezone.net Ned Carlson schrieb: > Supposedly, the air-conditioning equipment uses more juice than > what's used to support the train. Sounds pretty efficent > to me! The Transrapid uses 1.7 kW / metric ton for lifting and guidance. Hans-Joachim NYC XYZ > So it's 100% local technology?? > > http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/05/01/china.maglev.ap/index.html > > I hope it helps their environment! I hope their farmers gets to ride it for free. >>> So it's 100% local technology??= >>> http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/05/01/china.maglev.ap/index.html >>> I hope it helps their environment! >I hope their farmers gets to ride it for free. This thing is Shanghai which, if I am not mistaken, is China's third most populace city after Chongqing and Beijing.. Why would farmers want a free ride between the airport and the outskirts of Puddong??? ( BTW... a ride is inexpensive, it would cost more to go the same distance in their very cheap cabs) I've been on the MagLev, it's very kool technology.. And a very nice looking monorail station.. everything about this train is quite modern... But when you ride it you don't feel like you are going as fast as the screens say you are.. I take their word for it that it actually does go that fast. One thing is certain, the train is really a smooth ride. Hat's off to the leadership in China for this.. Even though the service is not very useful, the proof of technology is a very good thing for them to have done. BR (the Reese'Mister) |
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