@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 1 month agoIs the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish38•1 month agoNo. We’re not even on board with trains as a concept outside of the context of heavy freight shipping. The people are. But big oil spends a lot of bribe money to make sure you can’t easily ride a train across the country.
minus-squareRentlarlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 month agoBig freight train spends a lot on bribing too, to avoid needing to spend even more from being required to improve their services.
No. We’re not even on board with trains as a concept outside of the context of heavy freight shipping. The people are. But big oil spends a lot of bribe money to make sure you can’t easily ride a train across the country.
I wouldn’t doubt Big Airline spends as well.
Big freight train spends a lot on bribing too, to avoid needing to spend even more from being required to improve their services.