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1. The author meant transportation generally, not personally. Think trains, buses, car pooling etc vs car. On a CO2 per person per mile basis, cars are ineffici
by MafellUser 4y ago
1. The author meant transportation generally, not personally. Think trains, buses, car pooling etc vs car. On a CO2 per person per mile basis, cars are inefficient.
2, 3. Financial value wise it's a depreciating asset since unlike land you can always make more cars and they break down over time (until very recently where supplies of new cars was disrupted). We can argue all days about opportunity cost but that's beside the point. Cars work for you, no cars work for others. What's the value of having one if you live in a metro area like NYC?
There's nothing wrong nor hyperbolic about the quote you mentioned. Can't say the same about your comments though.
- goatsneez 4y agoIm not sure what provoked your last remark (just having opinion you disagree with?), however, you did not contradict in any way my point, and you failed to give an example of more efficient personal means of transportation. Im genuinely curious for as far as I studied the problem. Also, as typical in these debates, you (un) intentionally shift the goal posts. The original article made a general hyperbolic statement which is simply wrong as generalized - and as a generalization, by the very fact that we have this situation logic of economics dictates that cars are the most efficient (economically in all aspects and implications). I would like to have a counter example if you can generate one.
- MafellUser 4y agoI hate quoting Wikipedia but your carphelia bias is really showing. "The automobile is an inefficient vehicle compared to other modes of transport. This is because the ratio between the mass of the vehicle and the mass of the passengers is much higher when compared to other modes of transport." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_transport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_transport