• @[email protected]
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    8310 months ago

    If only there was a way to move goods across a country that used steel wheels and renewable energy

    • idunnololz
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      2010 months ago

      I’m guessing you mean an army of people in wheelchairs?

      • @whereisk
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        2010 months ago

        Even wheelchairs have tyres - so first things first, ban all wheelchairs.

    • @Treczoks
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      -910 months ago

      You have seen the state of rail cargo in the US recently? How many more cases of East Palestine do you need?

      • @TheHotze
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        1510 months ago

        That’s kinda their point. We have at least a partial solution, but the infrastructure is so under-maintained that it isn’t up to the task. If we update the infrastructure, it should be safer than using semis, and produce less pollution.

      • @[email protected]
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        210 months ago

        Germany has a similar problem with it’s main railroad service provider being a profit oriented company. Railroads don’t necessarily make money or turn a profit. Instead they protect from damages by other means of transportation. That’s my take on the matter, I’m sure I left many points unaccounted for