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Glad my homestate is making decent strides towards building new things. We just had a nuclear reactor come online, a rivian EV truck factory is here, and now th

Glad my homestate is making decent strides towards building new things. We just had a nuclear reactor come online, a rivian EV truck factory is here, and now this. We do a bunch of naughty things but I can be proud of these at least.

cpursley 4y ago
There's a bunch of new plants and factories going up in Georgia (maybe there's a comprehensive list somewhere). Definitely bodes well for Georgia's future in terms of economics.
- xeromal 4y ago
  Yeah, the news is pretty non-stop of new things opening up. Atlanta trying to become the new hollywood I think kickstarted all this at least in my head timeline but I'm sure some hardworking business owners and politicians really just focused on bringing in new work.
  - blamazon 4y ago
    I think it goes a lot further back, one semi-serious data point: the "Chamber of commerce runs Atlanta" meme was satirized by the TV show Futurama in the year 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deep_South_(Futurama) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deep_South_(Futurama) https://youtu.be/LeYihjMo0Bk https://youtu.be/LeYihjMo0Bk
megraf 4y ago
This is likely due to GA's extensive rail network[0]. [0] – https://opendata.atlantaregional.com/datasets/GARC::railroads/explore?location=32.721229%2C-83.235600%2C8.57 https://opendata.atlantaregional.com/datasets/GARC::railroad...
- kfajdsl 4y ago
  Man, if only we could use some of that for passenger rail... Being able to go from Atlanta to Savannah without a car would be awesome.
  - Analemma_ 4y ago
    It's a nice idea but keep in mind that any freight which gets displaced from rail thanks to passenger cars would have to go by truck instead, probably with a massive increase in net emissions. Having passengers and freight share track in the US is probably not a win for the environment; passengers would need separate track instead.
    - babypuncher 4y ago
      So you build more rail
      - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
        > build more rail Passenger rail doesn't tend to break even on long-distance dedicated routes, even taking into account externalities.
        iknowstuff 4y ago
        It doesn't have to. How much do our freeways cost us? esp with externalities?
        cyberax 4y ago
        Freeways are amazingly cheap. 1 mile of new 6-lane freeway on level terrain is about 3 million: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/1/27/how-much-does-a-mile-of-road-actually-cost https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/1/27/how-much-does-... Amazingly, railroads are not much cheaper. The current costs of tracks are estimated at about $2 million per mile, and this is without taking into account all other necessary rail infrastructure (such as sorting yards, maintenance facilities, etc.). And CO2 emissions are being fixed by switching from gas cars to EVs.
- xeromal 4y ago
  I grew up near one of those major lines, the one that goes along 515. We used to try to get a train to flatten a penny for us or race it on our fourwheelers. Never got a flattened penny though. lol
  - redundantly 4y ago
    Gotta tape the coin to the track so it doesn't rattle off before the train gets to it, or use chewing gum.
    - xeromal 4y ago
      I was around 5 years old so my logic was pretty simple. I think I tried a heavy rock lol
  - bluGill 4y ago
    I used to get lots of flattened pennies. The trains throw them so you have to spend a lot of time searching the gravel around the tracks. Be sure to watch for other trains so you don't get hit.

cpursley 4y ago

There's a bunch of new plants and factories going up in Georgia (maybe there's a comprehensive list somewhere). Definitely bodes well for Georgia's future in terms of economics.

xeromal 4y ago
Yeah, the news is pretty non-stop of new things opening up. Atlanta trying to become the new hollywood I think kickstarted all this at least in my head timeline but I'm sure some hardworking business owners and politicians really just focused on bringing in new work.
- blamazon 4y ago
  I think it goes a lot further back, one semi-serious data point: the "Chamber of commerce runs Atlanta" meme was satirized by the TV show Futurama in the year 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deep_South_(Futurama) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deep_South_(Futurama) https://youtu.be/LeYihjMo0Bk https://youtu.be/LeYihjMo0Bk

megraf 4y ago

This is likely due to GA's extensive rail network[0]. [0] – https://opendata.atlantaregional.com/datasets/GARC::railroads/explore?location=32.721229%2C-83.235600%2C8.57 https://opendata.atlantaregional.com/datasets/GARC::railroad...

kfajdsl 4y ago
Man, if only we could use some of that for passenger rail... Being able to go from Atlanta to Savannah without a car would be awesome.
- Analemma_ 4y ago
  It's a nice idea but keep in mind that any freight which gets displaced from rail thanks to passenger cars would have to go by truck instead, probably with a massive increase in net emissions. Having passengers and freight share track in the US is probably not a win for the environment; passengers would need separate track instead.
  - babypuncher 4y ago
    So you build more rail
    - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      > build more rail Passenger rail doesn't tend to break even on long-distance dedicated routes, even taking into account externalities.
      - iknowstuff 4y ago
        It doesn't have to. How much do our freeways cost us? esp with externalities?
        cyberax 4y ago
        Freeways are amazingly cheap. 1 mile of new 6-lane freeway on level terrain is about 3 million: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/1/27/how-much-does-a-mile-of-road-actually-cost https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/1/27/how-much-does-... Amazingly, railroads are not much cheaper. The current costs of tracks are estimated at about $2 million per mile, and this is without taking into account all other necessary rail infrastructure (such as sorting yards, maintenance facilities, etc.). And CO2 emissions are being fixed by switching from gas cars to EVs.
xeromal 4y ago
I grew up near one of those major lines, the one that goes along 515. We used to try to get a train to flatten a penny for us or race it on our fourwheelers. Never got a flattened penny though. lol
- redundantly 4y ago
  Gotta tape the coin to the track so it doesn't rattle off before the train gets to it, or use chewing gum.
  - xeromal 4y ago
    I was around 5 years old so my logic was pretty simple. I think I tried a heavy rock lol
- bluGill 4y ago
  I used to get lots of flattened pennies. The trains throw them so you have to spend a lot of time searching the gravel around the tracks. Be sure to watch for other trains so you don't get hit.