wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.netM to urbanism@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agoSome people don't have any idea how transit workshexbear.netimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down10
arrow-up1215arrow-down1imageSome people don't have any idea how transit workshexbear.netwtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.netM to urbanism@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·11 months agoMy old boss thought trains were obsolete because rubber wheels on pavement was “more efficient”.
minus-squareanaesidemus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 months agothe trains have steel wheels, STEEL!
minus-squareWheaties [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoWell, obviously because we have more cars now, they must be the most efficient or we wouldn’t be using them. So something about rubber and road must be better than rail and wheel.
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months ago rubber wheels on pavement was “more efficient”. they’re certainly efficient at being the world’s largest source of microplastics in the water supply
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoHe believes Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson are the greatest minds of our time so I doubt he has thought it that far.
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agothey’re the hecking reincarnations of freaking plato and gosh darn aristotle don’tcha know
minus-squarewtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.netOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoThis is literally not true, steel wheels on steel rails is much more efficient than rubber on pavement
My old boss thought trains were obsolete because rubber wheels on pavement was “more efficient”.
the trains have steel wheels, STEEL!
Well, obviously because we have more cars now, they must be the most efficient or we wouldn’t be using them. So something about rubber and road must be better than rail and wheel.
they’re certainly efficient at being the world’s largest source of microplastics in the water supply
He believes Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson are the greatest minds of our time so I doubt he has thought it that far.
they’re the hecking reincarnations of freaking plato and gosh darn aristotle don’tcha know
This is literally not true, steel wheels on steel rails is much more efficient than rubber on pavement