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Is the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains? (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Beaver to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago (2 children)

No. We're not even on board with trains as a concept outside of the context of heavy freight shipping. The people are. But big oil spends a lot of bribe money to make sure you can't easily ride a train across the country.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I wouldn’t doubt Big Airline spends as well.

[–] Rentlar 10 points 5 months ago

Big freight train spends a lot on bribing too, to avoid needing to spend even more from being required to improve their services.