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[article] Japan is inventing trains

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[article] Japan is inventing trains

Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Monster 310-mile automated cargo conveyor will replace 25,000 trucks

The Japanese government is planning to connect major cities with automated zero-emissions logistics links that can quietly and efficiently shift millions of tons of cargo, while getting tens of thousands of trucks off the road.

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A 500km tunnel would be only $23B, and they call that wildly expensive?

Let me introduce you to a 1.5k tunnel for $22B

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North–South_Rail_Link
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  Here’s one which is actually being built: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Rail_Link
  
  $5.5 billion (NZD) for 3.5 km

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