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This is still highly theoretical technology requiring over $100billion dollars to create just this one line. The fact remains that however possible this is to do mathematically (physically) speaking, monetarily speaking there is no-one to front the bill. The most important factor to figure in, is that this technology is clean i.e. it does not run on burnable fuels, Great for the environment not so nice on the billionaires wallet. The maglev if created could make for the obsolescence of air travel(in the long term), which requires massive amounts of burnable fuel (a sustainable income for big oil). Through the perpetuation of old transport technology i.e. planes, trains and auto mobiles, societies 'elite' have the means to deepen there pockets at the expense of the rest of us (not to mention at the expense of everyone's future), a trade that big business has proven time and time again it is willing to make e.g. The Electric Car, Or the Bayer AIDS Infected Drug Sale Scandal. There would also be a lack of support via the government and thus the media, (bearing in mind that the three entities have become interchangeable in regards to personnel) meaning that this kind of maglev has almost insurmountable obstacles before entering creation. The technology is there, but Policy and economy will not allow for its creation. Smaller industries could also lose out thanks to the brilliance of maglev. These trains do not run on the track they are magnetically levitated above the track in a vacuum meaning zero friction. Provided that the technology is sound(which you would hope to be the case before people were propelled at 4000mph under the ocean) the parts could last an exceptional amount of time lowering machine replacement needs. Although you do have to assume that monitoring the tunnel itself for structural integrity (maintaining the vacuum) etcetera would be of extreme importance, lets face it the last thing anyone wants is a 4000mph fireball caused by a sonic boom. This theoretical maglev seems to belong to a utopian ideology that may or may not be feasible. The sad truth is that this incredible technology is likely to go the way of the electric car, brilliant and potentially destiny defining, but disabled because it is a hindrance to the power, wealth and control of the ruling class. The only real hope for such a transport system is overwhelming public support to an extent that it cannot be ignored. //In regards to the terrorist comments, I only have one word 'ZEITGEIST'. Go to google video type in that word and watch the two hour documentary. If this does not help you change your thinking, go to the library get out a book called 'MANUFACTURING CONSENT', and read at least the first chapter. Very good stuff. Trust Me.