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>Cars are extremely useful I agree, but I also think this is part of the problem. Choosing to use public transportation for longer distances is a significant
by cannabis_sam 6y ago
>Cars are extremely useful
I agree, but I also think this is part of the problem.
Choosing to use public transportation for longer distances is a significant personal cost, while the benefit of lower costs in externalities is almost invisible.
Conversely, driving a car has a comparatively lower personal cost, essentially negative, since it increase freedom of movement. But the externalities are conveniently hidden by our economic and political systems.
- chrisco255 6y agoPublic transportation is synchronous by necessity. Private transportation is asynchronous. There are tremendous economic benefits to asynchronous transport. The truth is a robust system would have a healthy mix of both.
- cannabis_sam 6y agoI absolutely agree, the synchronous/asynchronous description is both absolutely apt and correct. But the choice for the individual is muddled by the very concept of externalities. It’s cheaper to pollute our planet, than enduring the inconvenience of public transport. But the only reason that is true, is the terrible economic systems we all live under.
- autokad 6y ago> "But the choice for the individual" End it there and stop trying to make decisions for other people.
- cannabis_sam 6y agoCute! I’ll easily do that when every single western country stops subsidizing gasoline and shoveling the consequences onto younger generations. End it there, and stop defending old people destroying the very foundation that humanity depends on.