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With the kind of infrastructure required for that, I can't help but think it would just be a lousy version of an electric railway. At least for long hauls with
by TillE 9y ago
With the kind of infrastructure required for that, I can't help but think it would just be a lousy version of an electric railway. At least for long hauls with high throughput.
- colordrops 9y agoThat's like saying that circuit switched networks are better than packet switched.
- amluto 9y agoThey would be if packets had enormous per-packet overhead.
- Gibbon1 9y agoAt some point you start wondering about improving intermodal transportation. Using rail for longer distances with trucks handling the last 50-100 miles.
- tomhschmidt 9y agoHow would it be lousy? The cars can now go anywhere and dynamically route instead of being stuck on rails and the infrastructure costs are orders of magnitude less.