voidx@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 days agoA Quarter of America's Bridges May Collapse Within 26 Years. We Saw the Whole Thing Coming.www.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down17cross-posted to: news@hexbear.netusa@lemmy.mlus_news
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkA Quarter of America's Bridges May Collapse Within 26 Years. We Saw the Whole Thing Coming.www.popularmechanics.comvoidx@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: news@hexbear.netusa@lemmy.mlus_news
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·9 days agoCan’t fix the bridges because giving Jim Bob a 20 minute detour for 8 weeks is the end of the world for our just in time manufacturing systems.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoAnd we lack adquate public transit infrastructure, so the system can’t handle the increase in traffic.
Can’t fix the bridges because giving Jim Bob a 20 minute detour for 8 weeks is the end of the world for our just in time manufacturing systems.
And we lack adquate public transit infrastructure, so the system can’t handle the increase in traffic.