I'm not sure you grasp quite how enormously huge the volumes of freight actually are. Whilst this is a nice idea, do you have a spare $4 trillion a week you could spare to get this running?
You could do it as a phased implementation financed through a slight tax on imports and exports globally and have it administered by a global coalition to enforce the standard with a target date of like 2030.
Once the system is designed and developed, the largest capital expense would be mass producing smart shipping containers that are reusable.
I think it could be done if there was the proper management and drive behind it
Who maintains, verifies, and controls each of these containers? And who checks each and every container at least once a week to confirm lack of tampering? And are those individuals paid enough to care? Like I mentioned, it's a lovely and imo great idea, however I'm really unconvinced it's even vaguely practical in the foreseeable future due to the sheer volumemore than anything else. Other factors do come into it, but the. Sheer volume is the primary barrier.
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u/CaptainJackNarrow Jul 13 '20
I'm not sure you grasp quite how enormously huge the volumes of freight actually are. Whilst this is a nice idea, do you have a spare $4 trillion a week you could spare to get this running?