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Automated ports could help ease supply chain woes (indiatimes.com)
2 points by nnm on Nov 9, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> One provision in the infrastructure bill Congress is debating would offer $3.5 billion to invest in zero-emissions technology at ports. It specifically prohibits investment in automation. This is a head-scratcher: government throwing its weight behind antiquated procedures when the benefits of technological innovation are so plainly manifest across all of society — from vaccines to batteries to reusable rockets and beyond.




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