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A train road can't handle economic scale like ships can. The belt is a excuse for modern colonization through debts
by NicoJuicy 8y ago
A train road can't handle economic scale like ships can. The belt is a excuse for modern colonization through debts
- coliveira 8y agoTrains are still the most fuel economical way to transport products through long distances. And trains can also transport loads to intermediary locations in a much more efficient way than ships.
- NicoJuicy 8y agoNo, they are not. Ships try to deliver cargo as deep in the country as possible. Then trucks take over ( Europe), because of different destinations. You think they are joining the world trade order, I just see an expensive debt trap that won't even change 0,1% in a countries trade
- yorwba 8y agoThe advantage of trucks over trains isn't as large as you seem to believe. E.g. at the port of Hamburg, the majority of cargo (55%) is transported onwards by truck, but the share of trains (42.8%) isn't that much smaller. https://www.hafen-hamburg.de/en/statistics/modalsplit https://www.hafen-hamburg.de/en/statistics/modalsplit
- NicoJuicy 8y agoIn all my statements, the statement of trucks vs trains was irrelevant. Your numbers side with the fact that after harbor, trucks are more popular. It's that I call bullshit on the one road one belt. That trains vs container ships is irrelevant. Trains lose big time That's it's more a "build useless infrastructure that you otherwise can't afford and that Chinese will build with no locals" debt trap for countries to China.
- echevil 8y agoTrains are way faster than ships and handles much bigger scale than airplanes
- NicoJuicy 8y ago2 weeks by train is still no alternative for planes. 2 weeks is also no replacement for ships, because of scale. It's something in the middle where there is no alternative. It's also insignificant alternative in the scale against ships.