Ground-breaking yo-yo tech to be used for Shanghai Hangzhou Maglev.
Posted by SWG on 20/3/10 • Categorized as Hangzhou,Random
China’s crown rail project is in trouble again a mere 4 days after the 8th approval for go-ahead as ‘Netizens’ and pregnant mothers doubt financial wisdom of the project and repeat health concerns caused by electro-magnetic radiation. So the government plans to use a controversial new tech in the flagship train – the yoyo, which was apparently invented in China about 3000 years before Christ. This will reduce the cost of construction and remove any fears of radiation poisoning.The technology has been used in the United Kingdom for the last thousand years or so, but is relatively new in China. Energy is redirected from the ferocity of the debate about whether or not a project should go ahead and fed into especially converted yoyo engines. The engines contain sophisticated one-way valves so that whatever way the argument goes, the ferocity (f) can still be used to create velocity (v) in the right direction using the formula:
where o is the number government officials in the debate, n the number of netizens, g is the guanxi levels of each debater, and of course f the ferocity. You can see the output of the new yoyo train engines in the chart below. (Courtesy Tsinghua University Debating Society)
Of course, a major problem of a pure Yoyo style engine in a modern functioning society is that they never get built due to a lack of agreement on how they should be built. The likelihood of a yoyo engine ever being built is dependent upon the following truth:
As you can see, the likelihood of a yoyo engine getting built is dependent on l > 0 and given the large number that is n, this is highly unlikely. Unless of course n and g can be reduced to nearly nothing, like in the good old days, by blocking the internet and locking up people. But then the Yoyo engine wouldn’t produce very much power and since it is n that is blocking the current maglev, with a low n factor, the maglev would get built and there would be no need for a Yoyo. Where are the good old days?
Debate stories showing f factor
| Date | Note | f factor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 March 2004 | Official Denies Report on Shanghai-Hangzhou Maglev - just thinking about it | China.org.cn | -5 |
| 9 Mar 2004 | Maglev planned between Shanghai, Hangzhou | China Daily | 4 |
| 22 Apr 2004 | Pudong Shanghai Maglev Running Smoothly | China.org.cn | 6 |
| 2 Dec 2004 | Maglev may link Shanghai Hangzhou Yangtze River Delta Economic Forum says - 26 minute journey | China.org.cn | 3 |
| 26 Jan 2005 | Work to start on Shanghai-Hangzhou Maglev line | ecnext.com | 5 |
| 30 Sep 2005 | China, Germany to start talks on Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev rail link | Forbes | 3 |
| 14 Mar 2006 | High-speed rail links approved: Wheels from Beijing to Shanghai, magnets from Shanghai to Hangzhou. 35 billion yuan project completed before 2010 World Expo Shanghai | China Daily | 3 |
| 22 May 2006 | Germans-Chinese working closely to increase speed of Maglev to 500kph says Angela Merkel | Poeple.com.cn | 5 |
| 22 Dec 2006 | Transrapid train crashes in Germany during tests, killing several | CNN | -10 |
| 11 Aug 2006 | Fire breaks out on Pudong Maglev | -8 | |
| 26 May 2007 | Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev project suspended ... amid radiation concerns of expectant Ms Wang | China Daily | -5 |
| 29 May 2007 | Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev axed - Shanghai-to-Hangzhou magnetically-levitated (maglev) train link has been canceled, according to state media reports. The official reason has been that the project is incompatible with the current political leadership's "harmonious society" push to create a China less riven by wage inequalities and social tension, AFP reported. | China Economic Review | -10 |
| 1 Mar 2008 | Controversial maglev line given environmental green light by Shanghai authorities - minimal impact on local environment. Wang Qingun "It's still hard to say whether the maglev will be built, but if it is it won't be possible to complete it before 2010." | Xinhua | 3 |
| Riots and protests against Maglev | -8 | ||
| 17 Aug 2008 | E. China Maglev Project to Start in 2010. Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev project will now be 199.434 km long, nearly 25 km longer than previously reported. Of the total, 103.553 km will be inside Zhejiang. 450kph rural speeds, 200kph urban | CRI.cn | 7 |
| 5 Nov 2008 | Shanghai-Hangzhou express railway approved by the National Development and Reform Commission | Caijing | -3 |
| 6 Mar 2009 | Shanghai Suspends Maglev Project - The maglev railway project adds questionable value, in light of an equally fast express train that will run on a similar route. | Caijing | -4 |
| Shanghai-Hangzhou express railway begins construction | Caijing | -3 | |
| 14 Mar 2010 | Maglev extension given green light - The Ministry of Railways chief planner, Zheng Jian, said yesterday China had agreed to build a Maglev line between Shanghai and Hangzhou, capital city of Zhejiang Province. | Shanghai Daily | 7 |
| 20 Mar 2010 | Netizens’ doubts over new Maglev | People.com.cn | -4 |
If, in the past 2000 years, Hangzhou got rich because of the Canal, famous for Westlake, then, in the new century and new stage, Hangzhou will get really strong because of this ‘line’- Shanghai-Hangzhou Maglev.
And, maybe, in near future, there will be a Wen’er RD-Wensan RD Maglev.
Currently, 动车dongche from Shanghai to Hangzhou takes 78 minutes. In the end of this year, 高铁high-speed rail from Shanghai to Hangzhou will take 48 minutes. And 磁悬浮maglev from Shanghai to Hangzhou will ONLY take 38 minutes. 10-min less, we all know, for 10 mins, we can do lots of things, oh, at least, another coffee.
This project will ONLY cost 35 billion yuan. I only know that I live in such a rich and wise country, which nobody suffer from hunger, little kids all in school. There will be no donation needed any more.
Haha funny post
I think it is just a farce – it’ll take way longer just to get to the maglev station than the journey to Shanghai will. The whole thing is just to showcase the new harmonious compassion. If they built it HK now that would be interesting