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Subject: Re: The Roads Must Roll -- In Japan, at least
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:43:55 -0800
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On 11/10/2024 9:58 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:
>    IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
> 
> https://www.newser.com/story/359125/japan-has-a-trucker-shortage-its-solution-is-novel.html
> 
> 	
> 
> 	Japan Has a Trucker Shortage. Its Solution Is Novel
> 
> 	Nation plans to build a giant 'conveyor belt road' connecting
> 	Tokyo and Osaka
> 	By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
> 
It isn't just a shortage of truck drivers, Japan is undergoing a slow 
motion population implosion.  The age demographic that would be having 
children is basically refusing to.

-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.