Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> Has a Hot-Steel Problem<br>A basic fact of thermodynamics is coming to haunt every foot of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/traintrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traintrack</span></a> in the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>. Heat makes <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/steel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steel</span></a> expand, moving its molecules farther apart, and as hot days become hotter and more frequent, rail lines are at risk of warping and buckling more often, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/powerlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerlines</span></a>, and even batteries are in danger. <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/08/america-infrastructure-climate-change/679458/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/science/archiv</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/08/america-infrastructure-climate-change/679458/</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a></p>