• gramathy@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      Most of that is because we truck everything and trains only get used for extreme bulk like coal

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        6 months ago

        We can thank the US oil and auto industries (the same ones dictating these green energy tariffs to their political puppets), for that too.

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        Don’t forget overloading them with hazardous materials, only to eventually inevitably crash and cause another social, economic, and climate disaster!

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        Most east Asian countries are fairly low down on the list. They have excellent public transport, the world’s best high-speed rail networks, and a significant number of road vehicles are already electric.

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        China is mostly building rail to solve its transportation issues, so this is completely unsurprising.

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        Cope lol

        EVs are expected to reach 45% marketshare in 2024 in CN. Also I guess you haven’t seen their high speed rail network expand over the last decade (pressuring their car market in general). Then you have a lot of capita. So yes the numbers make sense.