LOWER-SPEED RAIL: China has slowed down their bullet trains amid safety concerns and rising costs. “Chinese engineers have said that the operation of such high speed bullet trains is risky and there are fears that the fast and continuing expansion of the railroads is more due to local Chinese politics rather than an actual social need for high speed rail transportation. The high price of train tickets and the multibillion dollar price tag for rail expansion projects has also raised eyebrows in a country where millions of families live in poverty.”

Beware the Express Train To Terror! Though the nuclear power angle is cool . . . .