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OscarCunningham
on Dec 29, 2023
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UK announces commercial operations of longest land...
£500 million over 60 million people over 10 years is £1 per person per year. I can believe it.
louthy
on Dec 29, 2023
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67 million people (as of 2020, so probably not far off 70m now)
jonplackett
on Dec 29, 2023
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But we had to spend 1.7 billion. So looks like we need to wait 37 years for payback…
OscarCunningham
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I don't know if the UK government paid the full amount, but £50 million a year for £1.7 billion is a 2.9% interest rate, which is approximately sensible.
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