• Sibbo
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    12610 months ago

    This is how you get the US to finally agree on a large scale train system: can them trucks.

    • Poggervania
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      7310 months ago

      Rail trucks.

      Hell, they could probably get away with re-marketing trains rail trucks by talking about how much horsepower they have, how big they are, and how they can even pull other cars in a single line.

        • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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          510 months ago

          Just wait until they find out about the fancy air conditioned ones that can carry human cargo much faster than container cargo 😳

          • @Fedizen@lemmy.world
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            10 months ago

            “this dumbass brave, smart, tech billionaire is upending train truck freight with this crazy 200 year old new idea

    • Izzy
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      2710 months ago

      Truck platoons on rails. Sounds so cool. Fund it immediately.

      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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        1910 months ago

        We can optimize vertical synergies by putting the drivetrain into one car. I call it The Engine™.

    • @Belgdore@lemm.ee
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      2610 months ago

      The us has a large scale train system (for freight.) the key will be to convince people who currently drive trucks (vehicles used to move freight) that trains are bigger and more phallic and thus a better method of compensation.