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0 pointsJumpCrisscross2y ago0 comments

> we’re back to reinventing trains

The term you’re looking for is armchair logistics.

Trains and trucks have been competing for a long time. Autonomous trucks, even in convoys, even where freeways have RFID signs, are vastly different from trains. You don’t need to lay and maintain tracks. You’re not limited to where tracks go. You can assemble and disassemble on demand.

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atahanacar2y ago

Yet you need to lay and maintain roads, you're limited to where roads and RFID signs go. You also have the added inefficiency and environmental problems of rubber-to-asphalt contact. In addition, you need to carry batteries which means even more inefficient transportation.

JumpCrisscrossOP2y ago

> you need to lay and maintain roads, you're limited to where roads and RFID signs go

No, the roads and signs are already there and being maintained.

Toutouxc2y ago

You could probably save a lot on maintenance if you didn’t have trucks driving on the roads.

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