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Except, shipping by boat has been more cost effective since the beginning of history. The furthest you can get from the ocean in Japan is like a full days walk.
by swexbe 3y ago
Except, shipping by boat has been more cost effective since the beginning of history. The furthest you can get from the ocean in Japan is like a full days walk.
- gottorf 3y ago> shipping by boat has been more cost effective since the beginning of history I've read that before the Transcontinental Railroad, it was cheaper and faster to get to San Francisco from a port in China than from St. Louis.
- badpun 3y agoSimilarly, people who wanted to join the 1849 San Francisco gold rush, but were on the East Coast, took boats which sailed all the way around South America to reach SF the fastest.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoWell, unless it involved going around the horn. Time costs something too?