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One I'm particularly angry about is the deallocation of resources into keeping rail transport in favor of using trucks on nearly free highways.
by pkul 1y ago
One I'm particularly angry about is the deallocation of resources into keeping rail transport in favor of using trucks on nearly free highways.
- whimsicalism 1y agonot to mention the implicit subsidy in gas prices. the problem is these subsidies are popular with the electorate
- crote 1y agoWhat makes you believe highways are nearly free? Do all those people doing highway maintenance not get paid? Also, road wear scales with the fourth power of axle load. This means a 3-axle 30-tonne truck causes 15.000 times the wear of a 2-axle 2-tonne car. Even if highways are currently "nearly free" to maintain with a car-dominated traffic mix, moving all that rail transport into heavy trucks is going to rapidly make highway maintenance costs explode.
- acdha 1y agoI think they agreed with you and were commenting that the roads aren’t tolled to pay for construction or maintenance.