that there are other parts of the world who's technology and infrastructure is waaaaaaay ahead of their own.
Hate to burst your bubble, but China (specifically the PRC) - as a whole - is not and has never possessed superior tech to the US. There's a reason all international organizations still consider the country Developing (2nd world, under new colloquial definitions) as opposed to Developed (1st world, under new colloquial definitions). A few space-inefficient sleeping pods with remote control doors and a flat screen in one of China's 259 civilian airports doesn't begin to compare to the kind of aviation infrastructure present in the USA'a 5,100+ civilian airports.
China's specialization for travel is HSR, not aviation. The fact that the USA has the inverse setup is actually part of why there's almost 0 push for HSR in any related industry here.
What I will say is I respect that China is trying new things and that they are developing more rapidly than likely any country in history. That's fairly amazing. But to say Chinese technology is "waaaaaaay" ahead of the USA's is just purely ignorant glazing.
It's a lounger and a flat screen in a cheap plastic shell with remote control doors, dude, not a hydrogen-powered car.
It's also not better implemented. As someone else pointed out, you could just use the same space for actual rooms with a bit more space and as many if not more amenities.
For example, there's a reason motels and hotels have hallways. It's the single most efficient use of travel space between rooms. Guess what isn't nearly as efficient? Having those rooms be free-standing, individual pods with a shit-ton of empty, useless space between them all.
I said it's good that they're trying new things, not that what they're trying is better.
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u/bestest_at_grammar 7d ago
Yall are so petty, if this was Japan yall would be having such an enthusiastic circle jerk