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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

If you electrify the trains, the EMFs inside are ridiculously high. I am EMF sensitive, and would not be able to take a train. Please study up on why electric trains are VERY BAD FOR HUMANS.

Links to start with; https://www.reuters.com/article/us-railway-cancer/magnetic-fields-tied-to-railway-workers-cancer-idUSHO97905220070529/

https://harapad.com/blog/travel-and-exposure-to-electromagnetic-fields/

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William Voelz's avatar

JS. Apparently the Europeans have found a way around the EMF issue ?? The Japanese with MAG-LEV propulsion…..? Chinese a 380 mph train about to debut. Never hear about EMF issues in transportation. Milwaukee Wi. has just re-ignited their centuries old city “Street Car” lines. Overhead cables. Old school design. People love it. Quiet. Quaint. Planning more track. Tourist interest as well connects downtown to the Lake front festivals and the beaches and famous Wingspread Art Museum.

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William Voelz's avatar

JS. You do the research. I actually don’t care. My experience all over the known world tells me there are no signs saying “Beware of dangerous EMF radiation when using these facilities or riding on our trains”. Nope. Nada. Zip. So guess you stay home or use gasoline powered vehicles and live in a massive Faraday enclosure.

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William Voelz's avatar

JS. Again. All your resistance to HS rail is economic. NOT EMF related. Very different story. Got it. Agreed. It would be a money pit. So we transport ourselves with Oil. Big deal. Not a bad option.

Ps For all Climate Change freaks out there, the oceans of the world are not rising. Plymouth Rock seen in Massachusetts in the water of the Atlantic Ocean (in a steel cage so no one can mess with it) has not see one mm of water level rise since the Mayflower. Of course that excludes major tidal changes enhanced by occasional assistance from the Moon.

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Winauk Ironchild's avatar

How are you on a phone or live in a house if you are EMF-sensitive? Let alone live on Turtle Island? Considering the earth emits emf. 🤣

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Jim B's avatar

Most railroad enginrs today are diesel-electric, so if there is an electrmotive force radiative effect we should be seeing it already.

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