Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square470fedilinkarrow-up1699arrow-down154
arrow-up1645arrow-down1image[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square470fedilink
minus-squareHypnoctopus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoBut how do you transport equipment from the train station to the location equipment needs to arrive at?
minus-squareutopianfiat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·2 years agoDepends on how much equipment you’re talking about. The vast majority of tradespeople could have a rolling toolkit on a pushcart. For everything bigger there’s likely to still be commercial road freight.
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But how do you transport equipment from the train station to the location equipment needs to arrive at?
Depends on how much equipment you’re talking about. The vast majority of tradespeople could have a rolling toolkit on a pushcart. For everything bigger there’s likely to still be commercial road freight.