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Heavy semi-trailer trucks disproportionally damage the roads, if they'll pay a fair share groceries could become unaffordable.
by citrin_ru 11mo ago
Heavy semi-trailer trucks disproportionally damage the roads, if they'll pay a fair share groceries could become unaffordable.
- ninalanyon 11mo agoThen switch to subsidizing groceries instead of the the delivery method.
- trollbridge 11mo agoVirtually everything is delivered by freight and freight is responsible for almost all road wear and tear. You would have to basically subsidise everything.
- phantasmish 11mo agoUnaffordable? What’s the total cost of all road maintenance vs amount spent on groceries? How about vs all groceries plus all home goods?
- citrin_ru 11mo agoOK, unaffordable is overstatement but increase in transportation costs will translate to some increase in prices and given that food is already around 25% higher (with some items 50% higher) than before COVID this increase will not be welcomed.
- fourgreen 11mo agoIs it true? We, the people, currently pay for roads, we would pay for them in the alternative system - so the total amount of the money we need to pay would not change, only some prices (or taxes) would go down and others would go up. Either we care about having food and we would pay high prices for them (with money we saved elsewhere) or we don't care and we wouldn't pay.
- chriswarbo 11mo ago> Heavy semi-trailer trucks disproportionally damage the roads Which is another reason why freight should be delivered by rail. Yet haulage companies have no incentive to maintain an efficient rail network, when they could exploit a subsidised road network instead.