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These automatic trucks work better when we put them on rails (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

            
              trains still need sidings, along with a bunch of marshaling infrastructure that doesn't really have an equivalent for cars
yes the reason a rail line to take you directly from your house to your local convenience store wouldn't be profitable is because people would refuse to use it
what argument are you making here? this was in response to how rare private roads are in comparison to private rail, and your response is that actually they're not rare? are you just trying to disagree with everything i'm saying for the sake of disagreeing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm mostly just responding to your points, but if I'm trying to make any argument its that mile per mile train infrastructure is cheaper than road infrastructure when you add up all of the costs, especially the ones people normally dont consider including vehicle maintinance, extra land and infrastructure for parking, more policing, gas, time wasted on longer commutes, ect. I'm also trying to point out that the reason we can't have nice things is because we have chosen the wrong priorities as a society, thats why we are stuck in a loop where we try to solve our car problems with more cars and car infrastructure instead of addressing the root cause of the problem.