RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoJapan plans ‘conveyor belt road’ linking Tokyo and Osaka amid delivery driver shortagewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1120
arrow-up1120external-linkJapan plans ‘conveyor belt road’ linking Tokyo and Osaka amid delivery driver shortagewww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareLutra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoWhy use the term ‘conveyor belt’? No conveyor. No belts. Automated cargo containers.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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).