On: Trains are more efficient and less polluting than other transportation modes

[abalone]

> Trains are a messy, loud and dangerous way of moving stuff. But so fucking dangerous and primitive in so many ways.

Compared to trucking? Oh my god it's not even close. 2017 U.S. stats:[1][2]

Large truck fatalities: 4,102

U.S. rail fatalities: 8

Not sure how it pencils out per mile but it is ridiculously inaccurate to characterize trains as more dangerous than the alternatives.

[1] https://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/large-trucks/fatalityfact...

[2] https://www.bts.gov/content/train-fatalities-injuries-and-ac...