ET3 (tm) is NOT a train
This article is poorly researched; ET3 is NOT a train (or vactrain). The article also improperly uses ET3 artwork to illustrate the work of others.
The focus of ET3 is on travel over distances of 200 to 600 miles. Only if all nations build ET3 to the same standard can it be networked together with a backbone built across the Bering Strait.
ET3 does not advocate deep water tubes to cross oceans. We suggest reading et3.com and et3.net and also look up US patent 5,960,543 BEFORE making comments about what ET3 is NOT.
A maglev train costs about 20% more than conventional HSR (high speed rail), and a "vactrain" (like swissmetro for instance) costs about three times more than a maglev train. ET3 by contrast costs less than 1/10th as much as conventional HSR, 1/13th the cost of maglev trains, and 1/35th the cost of a vactrain.
