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Ukrainians found a way to solve the problem on the border with Poland (streamable.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Source: https://t.me/noel_reports/5799

Context: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231201-ukraine-says-polish-trucker-protest-on-border-catastrophic

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I believe lorries are not a sustainable solution, especially for long distance freight.

Rolling highways are energy inefficient, because the ratio of dead weight to payload is regularly over 50%. Rolling highways have some advantages though that keeps the railway relevant, even in disadvantageous subsidy regimes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Low estimates are that rail is 3x more fuel efficient than trucks (I've seen as high as 9x). So, to be less efficient than lorries, rolling highways would have to be closer to 70% dead weight, right?

Incidentally, you and I appear to be the only people on Lemmy rn. I keep seeing you in other threads.