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Other big amount of resources wasted to speed up concentration... I suggest a classic comparison: http://carfree.fr/img/2015/06/sncf.jpg http://carfree.fr/img/2
by kkfx 4y ago
Other big amount of resources wasted to speed up concentration... I suggest a classic comparison: http://carfree.fr/img/2015/06/sncf.jpg http://carfree.fr/img/2015/06/sncf.jpg between the past where rails was about connecting peoples vs the current present where rails are about connecting hubs.
Oh, yep, hubs used just to push people in modern open-sky prisons totally dependent on available services since in such hubs all eat, as normal, all have normal humans needs but nearly anything to satisfy them have to come from outside.
Try really to imaging such concentrated world in a projected future and imaging how obscene and vulnerable it is.
- cnlevy 4y agoCars weren't an option in 1910. So for a 50km trip, you had to take the train. Today's fast passenger train needs are for 200km+ distances
- kkfx 4y agoRails in 1910 was used because they was cheap: - little entertainment - high load capacity the same reasons we have these days for COMMERCIAL rails, witch are meaningful for certain applications (one including run only when we have surplus from renewables, for non-perishable/non-urgent goods) instead of people fast trains who demand very leveled rails, much entertainment to a point that France TGV slow down year on year to reduce hyper-big maintenance costs...