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Re:Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships by poincaredisk on Saturday September 28, 2024 @07:45AM (#41679618)
>for the same reason that Europe and Japan don't have effective freight rail systems

...don't we? I'm not sure about the effectiveness or how to measure it, but I know that a lot of cargo - especially long distance cargo - travels by rail.

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Re:Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships by philwelch on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:05PM (#41684542)
Europe has, by proportion, significantly more trucking and significantly less rail freight than the United States. Relatedly, the average American freight train is 2-3x longer than the maximum allowed length of a European freight train.
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