You know, I bet oil companies would try to sell a transatlantic truck tunnel as being good for the environment and cost effective way to transport stuff.
The reason why they are using the Panama Canal is because there isn’t enough capacity at any American port on the West Coast. If additional port space gets built, it will likely be in Mexico, which has relatively poor rail access to the USA.
They’ll probably use trucks to transport the goods instead…
Across the ocean?
Through it
You know, I bet oil companies would try to sell a transatlantic truck tunnel as being good for the environment and cost effective way to transport stuff.
Or rail. It’s more efficient than trucks.
Not really.
The reason why they are using the Panama Canal is because there isn’t enough capacity at any American port on the West Coast. If additional port space gets built, it will likely be in Mexico, which has relatively poor rail access to the USA.