true, and that is most train traffic in the states

but the problem is that where stuff is needed and where it is produced changes too fast for how long and costly it takes to build new rail lines

The Deutsche Bahn seem to focus more on people and neglegt the transport of goods.

in most of Europe, the density makes sense.

the cost per mile of rail is very high.

You can have big hubs like we have in Germany where for example Hamburg is one of the biggest hubs for goods. The next one would be Amsterdam IIRC.

and its probably easier to turn a profit on passenger transit in dense areas than freight

what works for rail transit in most of Europe doesn't work in the US because of how empty most of the country is

i image Australia has a similar problem

Freight is slow, can't have as much volume. But when you have lots of space, you can run super long trains. So you can get a lot done with 1 train. when you have a lot of people around, and the distances are not that great, it doesn't work as well

Yeah but for example when I was little the big Farming goods companys (where you sell your grain to or get some other stuff) gotten their weres by train. But that stopped somehow.

Ever heard about Rape Oil? 😉

have you looked to see if where those goods are produced vs where they are consumed has moved?

Rape Oil, the number one export of Canada

i know in the US, frieght traffic has taken a major hit since when most of the rails were first place. that's because of the rust belt. Lots of places that consumed metal moved. and metal was something that made sense to move by train

since rail is very inflexible, it make more sense to ship things by truck rather than have rail lines running right into factories

now i think coal is the number 1 thing that rail transports outside maybe oil.

No, it makes sense to move the Trucks by Train 😛

or work with Containers

because most of the mines and power plants have lines going right to them

With the Eisenhower Interstate System, there are more lanes of communictation

the system should work like your circulatory system. Rail takes stuff to hubs, which then go by truck to their destination

but you need to really plan that. and nothing has been planned

so now everything is in the way, making it way expensive to fix things up and make them work again

you wouldn't see a return on that investment possibly in your lifetime

generally why people turn to the goverment for this stuff

That's something for Tim to rant about:
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article181390828/Polizei-bestaetigt-Anzeige-Kamerateam-vom-MDR-soll-in-Chemnitz-angegriffen-worden-sein.html

In short: underaged person lets camera team from local, state sponsored TV in, father throws them out. Camera Team(!!!) presses charges against the person who threw them out(!!)....

ähhhh, right...

in Germany we also have "inviolability of the home" and there are also other things to consider. In short: Its a bad idea to not ask all persons if they are allowed and if it isn't a public thing...

its just an example of the elitarianism of News Organizations....

If a tree falls in the woods but someone else records it than did I really cut it down?

@pratel Ford won to be Premier of the province of Ontario, he's in provincial politics and not federal. We'll see but I still think Trudeau gets back in with a minority government.

I'm not very into Canadian politics, I really can't judge. I just hear Doug Ford passed around alot.

No worries. It was just a fyi

Whamans can't wear a jacket at work because they can't flaunt their tits to get ahead

online vigil for Julian Assange in full effect, going on for another 4-ish hours: https://unity4j.com/stream

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/30/alternative-social-network-minds-debuts-digital-bill-of-rights/

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/23/17772056/south-africa-trump-tweet-afriforum-white-farmers-violence

Anti-White, racist Media tells there is no white Genocide, when they themselves propagate white Genocide.
Ähhm, right....

It's kind of like Alt-Right Holocaust Deniers. 'The Holocaust never happened. But it'd be sure nice if it did'