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Making the rivers great again 2017-06-30 08:03:28 Post No. 131863447
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The US used to be a river superpower, shipping a large portion of all cargo and passengers via water. Over time, many rivers have fallen into disuse through lack of proper maintenance and investment - the Missouri River barely handles much traffic anymore, even though Omaha used to be a major inland port.
While there are some groups pushing for more investment in the rivers, why isn't there a bigger national effort to revive our commercial waterways? This could easily fit into a Trump infrastructure plan - there are already many plans ready to go to improve the river system, but they simply lack funding.
Proper dredging, flood controls, locks, and canal maintenance all have a cost, but the economic benefit from the rivers is immense.
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>>131863447
Rivers are slow compared to trains, trucks and planes.
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>>131863645
It depends. Barges and tankers are the largest transport vehicles in the world. They can haul immense quantities of cargo relative to trucks or trains. Trucks are especially troublesome since they compete for road-space with all other users, like commuters.
Putting more cargo on the rivers takes pressure off the rest of the transportation system, it allows for more volume to be hauled with less energy, and it reduces costs for bulk shippers like farmers.
But it takes investment to make rivers navigable by larger ships.
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>>131863645
Srsly. All watersheds are good for now is conservation so people can still go hunting.
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>>131863645
you can haul way more shit for cheap tho
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>>131863447
Are ye not paying attention!? When Trump talks about infrastructure, he explains that rivers and canals is exactly what he wants to improve!
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