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A car could work this way too.
by dopamean 6y ago
A car could work this way too.
- wiz21c 6y agoGiven the little environmental issues we have these days, a car must work this way.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- hedora 6y agoI was shocked when I saw that what percentage of car emissions are due to manufacturing. “Only” driving a car for something like 100,000 miles doubles the per-mile carbon emissions. (I can’t remember the exact number.). EV’s have more embodied carbon, so they’re removing less than half the emissions in that part of their life. This will drastically improve as the grid decarbonizes. However, we really should be focusing on swapping out the drive trains on 2000-2020’s most popular models.
- HPsquared 6y agoIn theory it could, the same principles and judgements are in play - it's just that the relative prices of keeping an old car vs. replacement are different to that of an airliner so the decision tends to be more towards replacing old cars. The equation is of course different for valuable collector's cars.
- notahacker 6y agoMore importantly, you are allowed to drive a car without aircraft-style inspection and part replacement regimes and periodic total rebuilds. If you weren't, few car accidents would occur due to poorly maintained vehicles, but fewer people would be able to afford to drive.
- quesera 6y agoAs it is already, very few car accidents are caused by poorly maintained vehicles. Humans are the weak link.
- manojlds 6y agoCould is the keyword
- ThinkingGuy 6y agoThis post on reddit from a few years ago describes what all would be required to maintain a car the same way as an airplane: https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/3v1hzj/how_do_old_planes_keep_flying_safely/cxk2sf4/ https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/3v1hzj/how_do_old...