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[-] Egon@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

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