Ram_The_Manparts [he/him] to chapotraphouse • edit-22 years agoUhh, how is the US thereimagemessage-square49 fedilinkarrow-up163file-text
arrow-up163imageUhh, how is the US thereRam_The_Manparts [he/him] to chapotraphouse • edit-22 years agomessage-square49 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
Yes, better than in France and Germany. That's the US train service. Definitely. Also, China does not exist.
minus-squarevolcel_olive_oil [he/him]hexbear10·2 years ago"U.S. railroad companies chose to switch to diesel over electric locomotives because of diesel's much lower up-front costs, even though electric systems cost significantly less to operate and to maintain than diesel systems." :porky-happy: link
minus-squareClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]hexbear10·2 years agoIt’s fucking baffling to me how capitalists are so bad at capitalism. Think ahead motherfuckers I’m begging link
Wait so their trains run on coal or something?
diesel engines
Wait really ? that's ridiculous lmao
"U.S. railroad companies chose to switch to diesel over electric locomotives because of diesel's much lower up-front costs, even though electric systems cost significantly less to operate and to maintain than diesel systems." :porky-happy:
It’s fucking baffling to me how capitalists are so bad at capitalism. Think ahead motherfuckers I’m begging