• reddig33English
    17·
    11 months ago

    The US barely has any rail network. We should have built high speed cross country trains by this point. But lobbyists.

  • LovesTha🥧@floss.social
    5·
    11 months ago

    @Beaver And India thought that was a good idea even when rolling black outs have been a normal part of life. Electricity is just that good of a solution to many things.

  • PtsfEnglish
    42·
    11 months ago

    We don’t even have reliable power in large parts of the US. Not sure we’ll be getting eletricified train infrastructure anytime in our lifetimes.

      • PtsfEnglish
        41·
        11 months ago

        I did not compare it to India. I was using reliable power (which far and significantly more Americans care about than reliable public transport) as an analog for an example of our priorities. Since we clearly care about reliable power and cannot get it right, the likelihood in my mind that we’ll fix public transport in our lifetimes is next to zero without serious cultural and governmental change. Also, India is not comparable to America without looking at a brevity of complex factors like population size, density, and wealth. It’d be wise not to genuinely compare the two on any singular issue as you’ll set yourself up for multiple substantive arguments regardless your position. IE: if you’re looking through a 2 billion person sized lens, you’ll be able to find examples to support most viewpoints. Additionally your anecdotal evidence for the US being a bastion of reliability disregards the impoverished areas of the US that do not meet your preconceived notions.

          • PtsfEnglish
            31·
            11 months ago

            👌 not sure why you’re subscribing me to certain things or trying to argue. I like public transport, I’m just being realistic. One worker bee doesn’t control the hive.