Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down14
arrow-up1115arrow-down1image[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBecause cars aren’t stuck to tracks.
minus-squareBoscoBear@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAnd trains aren’t stuck to roads. And planes aren’t stuck to roads. And ships aren’t stuck to roads.
minus-squaretorpak@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agocars are stuck to roads and much less efficient everywhere many people need to go. cars are basically useful where only few people live or work.
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Because cars aren’t stuck to tracks.
And trains aren’t stuck to roads. And planes aren’t stuck to roads. And ships aren’t stuck to roads.
cars are stuck to roads and much less efficient everywhere many people need to go. cars are basically useful where only few people live or work.