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Your entire country is smaller than one of our States.
Sweden - 173,860 square miles
Finland - 130,558 square miles
Norway - 125,020 square miles
Iceland - 39,768 square miles
Denmark - 16,638 square miles
Texas - 268,580 sq mi
California - 163,695 sq mi
Montana - 147,042 sq mi
New Mexico - 121,589 sq mi
Arizona - 113,998 sq mi
And that only two thru six of 50...
Add to that our ninth SMALLEST state is still almost twice the size of Denmark...West Virginia 24,230 sq mi
Not to mention that damn near ALL OF SCANDINAVIA would fit within the borders of our largest state, Alaska, with an area of [SIZE=+1]663,267 sq mi.
Plus, American manufacturers have moved to a On Demand Inventory or Just In Time logistics model that almost completely eliminates warehousing...but is totally reliant on over the road truck transport.
Trains, barges and ships are fantastic for moving huge tonnage at low rates...but they are not conducive to scheduled on time delivery.
For that trucks are currently the only solution.
Almost 70% of domestic freight tonnage in the U.S. is moved by commercial trucking as compared to 13% by rail and 7% by water.[/SIZE]
Ive seen those railways you have in USA, it is sad. You should invest more money in railways. Weve electrified most of our railways so we can have more carriages and freight on each train. An electrified train can transport much more than a diesel train. It goes much faster to.
In each larger city at the train station we have a "freight terminal". So the logistics between train and trucks and flights are well planned and integrated.
How often do you have electrical outages, due to storms and things of nature? And how long is the average time to get your electric back on?
We have had many times, in our large cities that have electric trains who have been stuck on them for many hours, when the electricity goes off.
We like our individual space and don't like to be packed like sardines in trains.
It happens here to. But that is because the infrastructure is old and unmodern. The same thing in USA. Spend more money on your infrastructure!
We are investing as much as possible in modern railways and power grids to prevent those things.