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150mph is pretty slow for a decent cross country high speed rail service. For example the Chinese HSR hits Max speeds of 240mph with the single longest bit of track covering just over 1800 miles so not only is it possible its already been done.
OP means It’s impossible for Americans because we’re just so dumb.
China's high speed rail loses enormous amounts of money. Even when you consider the secondary and tertiary economic effects. Even the Chinese government has more or less given up on it.
All public transit doesn't make money. Even the United States interstate system hasn't made a single penny in profit.
Public transit shouldn't need to make a profit. It's cool if it does, but it inherently shouldn't need to.
The benefits of making people travel for jobs and places to spend money generates more tax revenue and more money for businesses than if they were stuck at home otherwise.
Precisely this. "Hey you need to make money" is what's effectively killed Amtrak, and it killed passenger rail in much of the US (what wasn't torn up by highway building).