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In France, the Future Is Arriving on a Barge | The Seine is becoming a test case for a European plan to cut carbon emissions by turning rivers into the new highways. (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] FatLegTed@piefed.social 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago

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

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