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Originally Posted by GenKreton
"gallon of fuel moves a ton of freight 60 miles by truck, 390 miles by rail, and 530 miles by ship"
I read this today and I am not sure how true it is but it really shows that one of the best things we can do is move distance travel and shipping back to rails. I'd like to see gas taxed to get rail systems running in the US.
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That's because mpg isn't the best metric for comparison
The truck may get 10mpg, but is hauling 40 short tons of cargo...