• SoyViking [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    My old boss thought trains were obsolete because rubber wheels on pavement was "more efficient".

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      Well, obviously because we have more cars now, they must be the most efficient or we wouldn't be using them. So something about rubber and road must be better than rail and wheel.

    • Tachanka [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      rubber wheels on pavement was "more efficient".

      they're certainly efficient at being the world's largest source of microplastics in the water supply

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        He believes Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson are the greatest minds of our time so I doubt he has thought it that far.

        • Tachanka [comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          they're the hecking reincarnations of freaking plato and gosh darn aristotle don'tcha know

    • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      This is literally not true, steel wheels on steel rails is much more efficient than rubber on pavement