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switzerland is a landlocked country with no port and no access, and barely 1 refinery. It depends on others for imports of oil, none which are direct neighbors.
by IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
switzerland is a landlocked country with no port and no access, and barely 1 refinery. It depends on others for imports of oil, none which are direct neighbors. Switzerland has also very rugged terrain and weather , for which early car models were not exactly built for.
Contrast this with california, with the most important US port, almost 2 dozen refineries, and immediate access to oil producers. Pleasant mild weather in most parts of the territory, and flatland.
My point - Switzerland built its transport network to play to its strengths. So did CA.
- schimmy_changa 3y agohmm - it's not like trains were (or are) built for rugged terrain either. If anything that point would be in favor of Switzerland...
- crznp 3y agoYou could say that the Netherlands is more suited to trains because it is flat and easy to build tracks on. Or because it is dense. Or maybe the Netherlands is poorly suited to trains because it is dense and difficult to get suitable land. And because it has ports and is close to north sea oil, so why not use cars? Switzerland and the Netherlands have trains because they made a decision to develop that strength, not because of their (polar opposite) geographies.