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minus-squaretlf@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIf only there was a way to move goods across a country that used steel wheels and renewable energy
minus-squareidunnololz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI’m guessing you mean an army of people in wheelchairs?
minus-squarewhereisk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoEven wheelchairs have tyres - so first things first, ban all wheelchairs.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoYou have seen the state of rail cargo in the US recently? How many more cases of East Palestine do you need?
minus-squareTheHotze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThat’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.
If only there was a way to move goods across a country that used steel wheels and renewable energy
I’m guessing you mean an army of people in wheelchairs?
Even wheelchairs have tyres - so first things first, ban all wheelchairs.
You have seen the state of rail cargo in the US recently? How many more cases of East Palestine do you need?
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.