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Trains don't get you and your overseas goods across oceans (yet).
by electricslpnsld 8y ago
Trains don't get you and your overseas goods across oceans (yet).
- andrewflnr 8y agoIt may not be fast, but wind power is a proven technology for that application.
- goatlover 8y agoIt’s also not as economical. If your competitor uses shipping that’s weeks faster and more reliable, then you’re not staying in business long.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y agoAt some point, we'll make shipping companies pay for their heavy externalities (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality#Negative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality#Negative) and we'll have to choose between slow, clean and cheap or fast, dirty and expensive.
- stjohnswarts 8y agoShipping (boats onna water) aren't the 90% problem to solve, that is all on land. You solve that before you worry about the other 10%
- mrpopo 8y agoNothing is a "90% problem", even on land. Tankers' environmental impact is disastrous, although they actually are comparatively quite CO2-efficient for shipping goods. It's just that there is so many of them now.
- buboard 8y ago> (yet) I do wonder what happened to the Transatlantic tunnel
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y agoShipping accounts for ~2% of total US oil consumption so that's a tiny little chunk. Source: https://3kpnuxym9k04c8ilz2quku1czd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/US-transportation-oil-use-500x316.jpeg https://3kpnuxym9k04c8ilz2quku1czd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/w...
- hnphillipj 8y agoAir is listed right beside that, which is probably closer to what he was referring two. Combined, they sit at 10%. Not as much as he thought, but nothing to scoff at.
- yetihehe 8y agoNeither do cars or trucks.