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1. pwm (pwm@crlf.ninja)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2023 01:12:41 JST pwm
   I HATE TRAINS
   • cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2023 01:12:41 JST cjd

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     Underappreciated.
     
     1. Trains don't eliminate the need for cars & trucks entirely, so if you have tracks you still need roads.
     2. Trains don't carry 1/1000th of what a ship does, so they don't eliminate the need for ships.
     3. Trains aren't fast enough to eliminate the need for air travel.
     
     The only thing trains are really the best at is shipping "small" amounts of bulk stuff like grain from farms to mills, or coal from mines to power plants. And even that often trucking is cheaper.
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   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2023 01:14:43 JST LS

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     @cjd @pwm train tracks are also really expensive, so you pretty much have to know that a train track will be useful for the next 50+ years before it even makes sense to build it.
   • ignika98 (ignika98@fedi.treeoflifecomic.com)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2023 01:18:25 JST ignika98

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     • cjd
     Eurofags love to brag about their trains and buses, but they never mention how the only reason they have any of that shit is because their income tax rate is 50%.
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   • cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2023 01:21:00 JST cjd

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     • ignika98
     It's also the reason they need it.
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   • :gnu:+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 (bonifartius@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2023 02:13:09 JST :gnu:+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄

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     • ignika98

     @ignika98 @pwm @lain @cjd nothing left to brag about. it's pretty shit now. even the 1st class highspeed trains have uncomfortable seats and the only food you can get is choclate bars and reheated sauages with mustard and a stale bread roll.

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