@ComicalMayhem to [email protected] • 1 year agoThese automatic trucks work better when we put them on railsimagemessage-square89arrow-up11.27Karrow-down120
arrow-up11.25Karrow-down1imageThese automatic trucks work better when we put them on rails@ComicalMayhem to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square89
minus-squarePrimarily0617linkfedilink-1•edit-21 year agorail lines are also more expensive than roads to maintain the cost of moving your items depends entirely on how many items you move—sometimes roads will be cheaper, and sometimes rails will be cheaper
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year ago rail lines are also more expensive than roads to maintain That’s because they transport more material than roads. The NZ government did a thought experiment where they shifted all rail to road, and the maintenance costs would increase by $105 million. Keep in mind the rail system in NZ is underdeveloped. Source: https://www.kiwirail.co.nz/assets/Uploads/documents/2021-Value-of-Rail-report.pdf If you want to shift the most materials from one place to another at the cheapest rate, you would use rail. the cost of moving your items depends entirely on how many items you move—sometimes roads will be cheaper, and sometimes rails will be cheaper Do you mean cost to the end consumer or actual expenditure? Are you including CAPEX? What are you actually talking about?
rail lines are also more expensive than roads to maintain
the cost of moving your items depends entirely on how many items you move—sometimes roads will be cheaper, and sometimes rails will be cheaper
That’s because they transport more material than roads.
The NZ government did a thought experiment where they shifted all rail to road, and the maintenance costs would increase by $105 million.
Keep in mind the rail system in NZ is underdeveloped.
Source: https://www.kiwirail.co.nz/assets/Uploads/documents/2021-Value-of-Rail-report.pdf
If you want to shift the most materials from one place to another at the cheapest rate, you would use rail.
Do you mean cost to the end consumer or actual expenditure? Are you including CAPEX? What are you actually talking about?