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  • Cypher@lemmy.worldtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldRolling coal
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    you could have them if you just chose to.

    No, you don’t have the first inkling of how much that would cost. Not only would it not be cost effective due to how sparsely populated most of Australia is but no Australian Government could afford it to start with.

    Road trains service extremely remote and tiny communities across Australia, as well as supporting many industries. They go off road to reach some of these communities.

    You really can’t fathom how remote until you’ve been into the Outback.

    Also we do have trains in many places where it makes sense. Not as many as we could have but they’re hardly ignored as an option.


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    There is a reason in Australia, the distances travelled and the enormous loads they haul require far more powerful trucks. Look up road trains. They are significantly more efficient than using multiple trucks.

    Trains would be more efficient but Australia is too large and too sparsely populated to do everything with trains.

    They are also safer for the driver than the Cab over style.










  • My commits have my real name, because I do serious work, and no I won’t be doxxing myself on this account.

    I call out brigading

    What kind of lazy gaslighting is this? You were part of the brigade. You have literally been participating in the kind of behaviour that Linus has correctly called out as unhelpful.

    Please continue to think you’re on the right side of this discussion when the guy you went out to bat for has stepped down as a maintainer and deleted his socials over this.