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• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Except that’s only 2% of freight by value.

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  • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You’re looking at a different issue. I’m referring to passenger trains vs freight trains and you’re talking about freight trains vs semi trucks. I’m saying that the rail we do have, we overwhelmingly use for freight. It’s the primary reason we still have trains today in the US.

    In regards to percentage of freight shipped by rail vs other means, I believe you that semis take a ton of that.

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• drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  But american freight trains are laughably bad too

  youtu.be/AJ2keSJzYyY

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  • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yes, but “we will avoid trains no matter what” is blatantly false. It’s terrible, but it is our main method of shipping freight from ports to inland cities.

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• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And semi rigs are…personal transport?

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  • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    No, the subject is shipping cargo. Try to keep up.

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    • nulluser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You were the one that brought passengers into the conversation.

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      • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah… Saying we don’t use them as much as… Freight. Try to keep up?

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