palallin posted:TexasSP posted:palallin posted:TexasSP posted:So what's your proposed logistical solution for doing away with semis?
Trains.
So trains will replace semi deliveries to every point of sale? What if I need to ship 40k pounds from OH to TX and it be here in 2 days, how does this function by rail?
That's just it: it doesn't need to be there in 2 days if we do not cling to the extraordinarily wasteful "just in time" inventory regime. We waste--as a society--immense resources in the current logistics system, and I eagerly anticipate the day it dies the ignominious death it deserves. I just hope that that day is not postponed until our resources simply collapse.
Well, that's a Utopia that will never exist. Plus your proposal still doesn't explain how you get product to point of sale. Are there train tracks to every point of sale location in the US in your plan? What about the wasted expense and inefficiency moving all of the empty train cars around? Your plan also assumes some all knowing force that can plan for any situation or emergency with just the right thing available right when and where needed. What about emergency aid when disasters strike? Thankfully we had semis moving this into Houston after Harvey immediately. Not possible with trains.
