RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoJapan plans ‘conveyor belt road’ linking Tokyo and Osaka amid delivery driver shortagewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkJapan plans ‘conveyor belt road’ linking Tokyo and Osaka amid delivery driver shortagewww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareLutra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWhy use the term ‘conveyor belt’? No conveyor. No belts. Automated cargo containers.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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).