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Looks like they put the oversized load on a boat for as long as they could, but have to do the last leg by road.
I mean, everyone has been crying and whinging for years, decades even, that the USA needs to ramp up semiconductor fabrication in case shit goes south in Taiwan. We are finally getting some domestic production power and we're getting outraged by the traffic delays? America will sink itself because of our people's own addiction to comfort and complaining about any slight to that comfort.
Is this going to raise gas prices!!?!
Does anything NOT raise gas prices?
EVs
They need to raise gas tax to offset EVs, ergo, higher gas prices!
Not for EV drivers, I guess?
True 1% people.
Oh don't worry, states are already working on mileage taxes for EVs. A few even already have them in place.
I haven't switched over fully to EV even but I'm actually FOR higher gas prices (go ahead throw your stones). Like high enough that the rich fucks in UAE don't get richer because it actually causes people to drive less and that surcharges get used towards things like helping families that have suffered from Pb exposure and efforts to offset carbon emissions and fund clean energy research.
I agree with you...the cost of a gallon of gas is, and has always been, less than the cost to remove a gallon of gas worth of CO2 from the atmosphere, and I don't think the price should ever have been less than that amount. I don't think that's an unfair position, cleaning up your mess should be a part of the cost of the good.
But man what a way to fuck the majority of the 99%.
Maybe temporarily, but I think it would help the push back for more remote working, more thoughtful use of transportation, better motivation to use and build public transportation. It's getting back to what op was saying about America's unwillingness to bear some pain points that can allow for real progress and ultimately more comfort.
The top two things any given American will complain about on a local level.
Don't forget the taxes that pay for said roads
I don't even think this is complaining about mild inconvenience, it's just outrage addiction that has taken over most of the country.
Yep, the fab plant is a little east of Columbus (just south of where I live actually). This is one of like 2 dozen "super loads" that has to make its way from the Ohio River up to the plant. I swear there is a website somewhere that keeps track of when the are coming, the routes they take, and the closures involved but my Google-fu is failing me now.
If it makes you feel any better it's probably Google that's failing, not you
Even before Google stopped working, I'm not sure the results of googling "super load" would have been what you are looking for.
Try "super loads AND when they are coming?"
site:reddit.com Columbus super loadLook at the bright side, once intel gets this new plant up and running cranking out next-gen chips, Google will be able to fail you even faster!
As excited as I am to see my home city actually growing and gaining national attention, I miss the chill cow-town vibes. Traffic is only gonna get worse from here.
Columbus will always be growth limited until it gets some goddamn light rail/subway in place.
WORLD'S. FASTEST. BULLETTRAIN. NETWORK.
Is this it?