Apparently JR Freight has never posted a profit, trucks are far more popular for shipping freight in Japan than trains are
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Places with an economy based on extracting raw materials almost always extract them for *distant* markets, not local use
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Therefore, cheap ways of shipping large quantities of raw materials over long distances are crucial in such places...trains beat trucks here
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But places with diversified, productive, urban economies need to move many small batches of expensive freight over short distances...
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...and from any number of origins to any number of destinations. Trucks beat trains for this.
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Once again I must emphasize: the USA is *not a uniform nation!* What is conventional wisdom for Wyoming is nonsense for Massachusetts!
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