Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "What a Harris or Trump Administration May Mean for Shipping?" video.

@lance8080 There are plenty of trains. Most rail is freight. However there is not plenty of LAND for rights of way in 2024. Giving away rights of way to persuade railroad investors to build them was fine in the 1800s, but no one has enough money to double the size of the rail system. Automating trucks is dirt cheap by comparsion. I'm a railfan (not a "foamer", IYKYK) since childhood but the necessary preconditions to return even to mid-last-century rail coverage do not exist.
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I predict neither possible victor is even capable of having sufficient interest to study the subject. Find a key lower-ranking person who can afford to care about the issue. Remember you can only give politicians votes or money. Nothing else matters so any shipping-related intitiatives need to come from SENATORS whose states are most affected (which being coastal states with money should not be too hard if the effort is made). The average American reads therefore thinks at roughly 8th grade level which would be horrific if they knew enough to care. Shipping will never be a mainstream political issue because the average moron isn't able to understand why it is critical to their quality of life. Promotional efforts must be laser focused to do any good.
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