In France, the Future Is Arriving on a Barge
www.nytimes.com
The Seine is becoming a test case for a European plan to cut carbon emissions by turning rivers into the new highways.
  • Baggins@piefed.social
    13·
    8 months ago

    Like they used to be? In UK we have miles and miles of waterways. Birmingham has more mileage of canals than Venice and is just one hub on hundreds of miles of navigable water. We used to use them a lot and would be doing ourselves and the planet a favour by using them again. Not everything has to be delivered yesterday.

    • MrMakabar@slrpnk.net
      6·
      8 months ago

      There is a fairly strong network around. Basically able to transport freight throughout the EUs core on inland waterwasy. However:

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
      5·
      8 months ago

      New York State too. There was a huge network of feeder canals attached to the Erie Canal. It’s what made New York City a significant place

  • baru@lemmy.world
    1·
    8 months ago

    A warming planet adds to the challenge: Droughts in recent years have grounded some transport on the Rhine, and pose risks to the Seine.

    Netherlands has predicted that barges will be difficult in future due to climate change. As a result, more needs to be transported by train. It would be much better to invest in that instead of barges.

    Trains across countries result in loads of differences. These unfortunately take ages to address. Meaning, perfect issue for the EU to guide.