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arrow-up1483arrow-down1external-linkTIL Coca-Cola still produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year and sells it to opioid manufacturerswww.nzherald.co.nzrealitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoI read recently that recycled plastics make better railroad ties than wood does. You’d think someone would jump on that.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoYou have wood railroad ties? You mean the bars under the rails?
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-23 days agoYes. And they are usually treated with creosote. Which is why you should never use them in a vegetable garden. We still don’t have high speed rail in the US.
minus-squarecrank0271@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoWhy? Do cars ride on railroad tracks now? (Yes, I am dimly aware there are also places outside the US.)
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 days agoI’d expect them to stay sane and use prestressed concrete ones like the rest of the industry. Steel might make sense in some situations.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoThe US and Canada apparently wanted to be special, again.
I read recently that recycled plastics make better railroad ties than wood does. You’d think someone would jump on that.
You have wood railroad ties? You mean the bars under the rails?
Yes. And they are usually treated with creosote. Which is why you should never use them in a vegetable garden.
We still don’t have high speed rail in the US.
Why? Do cars ride on railroad tracks now? (Yes, I am dimly aware there are also places outside the US.)
Always have? 🌎 🧑🚀🔫🧑🚀
I’d expect them to stay sane and use prestressed concrete ones like the rest of the industry. Steel might make sense in some situations.
Do you mean the sleepers?
The US and Canada apparently wanted to be special, again.