TheSaddestMan

@TheSaddestMan@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expand North! So much room up there.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right, except in British Columbia where all the most expensive highways were built. Not better, but affordable because Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna dgaf about the rest of the province.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expand North! So much room up there.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, are you implying it can’t be a choke point as an East-West route? Or implying it is a choke point for Edmonton? Or am I missing the point?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expand North! So much room up there.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, and tunnels too. The issue’s not just the temperature but the altitude, at least on the west coast, and lack of adhesion rail or deep bore passenger train tunnels on Canadian mountain routes. On the flat lands eastwards it’s mostly that passenger engines are built differently than freight locomotives that makes the difference.

  The problem can be fixed, but is it worth it? Maybe. Sadly, no politicians here seem too interested in building rail services in BC, unless it’s to feed the KelVicVanSeaTac metro-economic machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expand North! So much room up there.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just that. Trains don’t run as well or brake as efficiently in cold weather, they have slippery metal rails for a reason. That’s why we switched to cars and trucks too readily, and as sad as that is, I think we might need electric cars more than Americans ever needed any cars.

  (That said, electric cars should be thanks to electrified smartroads, not stuffing the car itself full of computer hardware.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expand North! So much room up there.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t there an HST project’s route being prospected between Calgary and Edmonton?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expand North! So much room up there.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Us? You-S-A tarriff’d the world!

  <sincerity> I know you’re joking :P It’s legit a potential weakness actually. Trump could invade with very little resistance beyond the border, our population was too focused on trade by land and now we’ve had to reconsider our priorities. Also, the image neglects Edmonton’s existence. </sincerity>