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minus-squaretwopi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up106·4 months agoWhy not make automated trains with their own dedicated right of way?
minus-squareRambomst@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76arrow-down1·4 months agoBut that would require investment in infrastructure…
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoBet that semi trucks are more expensive due to road damage and congestion alone.
minus-squaremriguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoYes, but that’s all subsidized by taxpayers, so it’s more expensive overall but cheaper for YOU.
minus-squaretwopi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoPrivatize gains, socialize losses. The CapitalistTM way!
minus-squarekameecoding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoEfficiency, pollution too (even when electric, because tires and break dust are a thing)
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoThere’s definitely direct economic damage here too beyond just repairs and slowness. It’s sniffles business growth because the infrastructure is unreliable. Sometimes I just like yo imagine how much fun the roads would be without trucks.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoWhat you don’t get is that trucks last less and consume more, therefore it’s better for the robber barons.
minus-squareYggstyle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-24 months ago*** everyone but the lobbyists liked that ***
minus-squareJeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoThey already are automated trains on freight only routes like mines.
minus-squaretwopi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoOutside of mines or just in mines? I know that mines are becoming more automated but what about commercial routes.
Why not make automated trains with their own dedicated right of way?
But that would require investment in infrastructure…
Bet that semi trucks are more expensive due to road damage and congestion alone.
Yes, but that’s all subsidized by taxpayers, so it’s more expensive overall but cheaper for YOU.
Privatize gains, socialize losses. The CapitalistTM way!
Efficiency, pollution too (even when electric, because tires and break dust are a thing)
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There’s definitely direct economic damage here too beyond just repairs and slowness. It’s sniffles business growth because the infrastructure is unreliable.
Sometimes I just like yo imagine how much fun the roads would be without trucks.
What you don’t get is that trucks last less and consume more, therefore it’s better for the robber barons.
*** everyone but the lobbyists liked that ***
They already are automated trains on freight only routes like mines.
Outside of mines or just in mines? I know that mines are becoming more automated but what about commercial routes.