RandAlThor to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoJapan plans ‘conveyor belt road’ linking Tokyo and Osaka amid delivery driver shortagewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1116arrow-down1external-linkJapan plans ‘conveyor belt road’ linking Tokyo and Osaka amid delivery driver shortagewww.theguardian.comRandAlThor to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareLutra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·15 days agoWhy use the term ‘conveyor belt’? No conveyor. No belts. Automated cargo containers.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoProbably to have a short quotable one liner that’s vaguely understandable by the general public (and that, as often, is false).
Why use the term ‘conveyor belt’? No conveyor. No belts. Automated cargo containers.
Probably to have a short quotable one liner that’s vaguely understandable by the general public (and that, as often, is false).