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> They'll be able to ship oil via rail and pipes from Western Siberia and the Russian Far East pretty soon Not even close to that. Transsiberian railways are a
by ivan_gammel 4y ago
> They'll be able to ship oil via rail and pipes from Western Siberia and the Russian Far East pretty soon
Not even close to that. Transsiberian railways are already operating at full capacity, mostly due to re-routed coal exports. Both rail and pipes will take a decade to build to re-route supplies to China from sea to land.
- sudosysgen 4y agoYou overestimate how long it would take to build a pipeline from China to Russia in wartime with no regard to cost. The transsiberian railway isn't operating anywhere near the capacity of the rail itself, it just doesn't have enough rolling stock. The recent upgrades weren't to increase maximum capacity, they were to increase capacity at cost by increasing maximum train length and maximum speed. Nothing prevented there to simply be more trains, it's just less economical. In wartime this matters little.