Beaver [she/her] to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 28 days agoIs the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down15
arrow-up1256arrow-down1external-linkIs the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains?www.theverge.comBeaver [she/her] to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 28 days agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-square@RangerJosielinkEnglish37•28 days agoNo. We’re not even on board with trains as a concept outside of the context of heavy freight shipping. The people are. But big oil spends a lot of bribe money to make sure you can’t easily ride a train across the country.
minus-square@reddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-228 days agoI wouldn’t doubt Big Airline spends as well.
minus-squareRentlarlinkfedilinkEnglish9•28 days agoBig freight train spends a lot on bribing too, to avoid needing to spend even more from being required to improve their services.
No. We’re not even on board with trains as a concept outside of the context of heavy freight shipping. The people are. But big oil spends a lot of bribe money to make sure you can’t easily ride a train across the country.
I wouldn’t doubt Big Airline spends as well.
Big freight train spends a lot on bribing too, to avoid needing to spend even more from being required to improve their services.