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But Americans drive substantially more miles each year than people in other countries do. https://policyadvice.net/insurance/insights/how-much-do-americans-dri

• southerntofu 5y ago
  Note that this is not just due to geography but to actual urban planning/architecture. Post-WWII US cities were explicitly designed for cars, and that's a disaster ecologically and practically. See also Ivan Illich's Tools for Conviviality which has a long analysis on why car-oriented cities has a terribly-low efficiency.
  • imtringued 5y ago
    It's a disaster financially. Especially in california with prop 13 people don't pay enough property taxes to maintain the suburban infrastructure in front of their houses.
• halfdan 5y ago
  In cars that burn substantially more fuel per mile than cars in other countries..