• aelwero@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Lol… 3/4 of the traffic is US bound. The Pacific is half the planet, so anything not stopping in the Americas has a shorter route in the other direction.

    Essentially… yeah I do :)

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      11 months ago

      No it isn’t. 72% total is coming OR leaving the US. Not US bound. The US actually exports quite a lot. Also, it would not be cheaper to go by rail across the country to use a ship on the closer side of where the stuff is destined for, no matter how good the rail system is.

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      11 months ago

      americans ship goods from the west to the east cost through the panama canal ? you serious ?

      US bound, from … China for instance ? want to run an elecrtified train from China to the US ?