Expensive diesel fuel isn't just driving up costs—it's driving trucking companies out of business.
    • Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      13·
      30 days ago

      Bancrupt companies will be bought by larger ones, over time consolidating power and monopolizing the market.

      • Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dkEnglish
        8·
        30 days ago

        Yea, this isn’t the win it sounds like. In times of crisis, the rich get richer and the poor gets poorer.

    • Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dkEnglish
      52·
      30 days ago

      Cross country? yes. Last mile? No, traintracks to every single company in need of transportation doesn’t make sense.

      • kiterios@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        29 days ago

        You put the distribution centers near train stops (yes sometimes with direct rail connections) and then your trucking needs are limited to local distribution. Last mile mechanisms can vary based on product, commercial density, and infrastructure, but often are well served with a greater number of smaller vehicles.

        • Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dkEnglish
          11·
          29 days ago

          That’s more or less what they do today, because it makes a lot more sense to have central distribution centers. But that still doesn’t change the fact that you need a truck/van/car/bicycle for last mile transportation.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      29 days ago

      You know the US is doing great when “return to rail barons” is just actually a more sustainable paradigm.