voidx@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 4 months agoA Quarter of America's Bridges May Collapse Within 26 Years. We Saw the Whole Thing Coming.www.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down16cross-posted to: news@hexbear.netusaus_news@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkA Quarter of America's Bridges May Collapse Within 26 Years. We Saw the Whole Thing Coming.www.popularmechanics.comvoidx@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: news@hexbear.netusaus_news@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·4 months agoCan’t fix the bridges because giving Jim Bob a 20 minute detour for 8 weeks is the end of the world for our just in time manufacturing systems.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoAnd we lack adquate public transit infrastructure, so the system can’t handle the increase in traffic.
Can’t fix the bridges because giving Jim Bob a 20 minute detour for 8 weeks is the end of the world for our just in time manufacturing systems.
And we lack adquate public transit infrastructure, so the system can’t handle the increase in traffic.