• axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Every problem with rail this person lists is also a problem with every other form of transportation. You also have to lay roads, docks, or airports to get stuff where you’re going. Infrastructure has to be built unless you’re transporting stuff by donkey.

    Rails are still less expensive to build and maintain. Railroads are something like 2/3 the cost of equivalent lengths of highway, and yet have greater cargo capacity and fuel efficiency.

    • barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Nah, everyone knows that cars and roads used to roam wild in the americas until they were domesticated by the intrepid settlers of america.

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        lathe-of-heaven NeuraLink-controlled autonomous Donkey Ubers

        “We’re sorry, but your DonkeyUber has been struck by an 18-wheeler while trying to cross the freeway. Please hold while we find you a new animal.”

    • 7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Donkeys also require infrastructure. You ever been hiking? The difference in exertion from even the shittiest of gravel roads compared to roughing it through actual untreated terrain is insane and even the shitty gravel road is by all means a herculean effort

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      You also have to lay roads, docks, or airports to get stuff where you’re going. Infrastructure has to be built unless you’re transporting stuff by donkey.

      Only one solution remains then. REJECT MODERNITY, RETVRN TO TRADITION

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      Hell, donkeys didn’t hit peak efficiency until the Royal Road/Silk Road was thoroughly established