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-square18fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-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-square18fedilink
minus-squareFroody@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI don’t want to be stuck on and overpacked train or bus, dependant on train or bus schedules and like the freedom to go where I want. Maybe cry about cruise ships and industrial shipping that spews out the equivalent of millions of cars?
minus-squareKrtek@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoFalse. More cars = more traffic = longer travel time at a lower capacity than what public transport could achieve. Also, if you enjoy driving so much, you’d very much want everyone else not being on your road, right?
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I don’t want to be stuck on and overpacked train or bus, dependant on train or bus schedules and like the freedom to go where I want.
Maybe cry about cruise ships and industrial shipping that spews out the equivalent of millions of cars?
False. More cars = more traffic = longer travel time at a lower capacity than what public transport could achieve. Also, if you enjoy driving so much, you’d very much want everyone else not being on your road, right?