RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoJapan plans ‘conveyor belt road’ linking Tokyo and Osaka amid delivery driver shortagewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down14cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.today
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkJapan plans ‘conveyor belt road’ linking Tokyo and Osaka amid delivery driver shortagewww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: futurology@futurology.today
minus-squareLutra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoWhy use the term ‘conveyor belt’? No conveyor. No belts. Automated cargo containers.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoProbably to have a short quotable one liner that’s vaguely understandable by the general public (and that, as often, is false).
Why use the term ‘conveyor belt’? No conveyor. No belts. Automated cargo containers.
Probably to have a short quotable one liner that’s vaguely understandable by the general public (and that, as often, is false).