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[-] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

I though the US had freight rail. Put that shit on trains.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 year ago

Freight rail is kind of a clusterfuck in the USA even if people think it is amazing.

Also, for some reason, everything container on the west coast seems to go through LA/Long Beach, which is also backed up.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

And that's assuming it doesn't just derail.

[-] zephyreks@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Panama could open a railroad parallel to the canal and a port on either end...

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago

You would need two ports able to accommodate enough traffic that it would effectively be the largest two ports in the Americas. You are also going to really mess up logistics as you are splitting one transit trip to three different companies. Costs also rise when you have to process cargo, which you are now add two additional times process cargo.

It isn't going to be economicly viable. Hell, China's plan to cross Central America also includes a canal due to cost.

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

Freight rail is rarely better than just putting the stuff on a ship. While it may be faster, ships are able to move much larger amounts. Its the same story as freight planes. There's a reason shipping is responsible for something like 80% of transport worldwide

[-] RonJonGuaido@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

okay, uh, why haven't they just made tanker-ship wide trains already?

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because that would require tanker-ship wide rail infrastructure (and tanker-ship tall as wellz which will really challenge the weight-factor)

[-] zephyreks@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

But Biden said rail was the backbone of America and thus not allowed to strike!

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