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Electric cars are a distraction that don't solve most problems cars bring. It's fundamentally inefficient, both energy and space wise to move a huge box weighi
by malermeister 4y ago
Electric cars are a distraction that don't solve most problems cars bring.
It's fundamentally inefficient, both energy and space wise to move a huge box weighing around two tons for what is most of the time a single passenger.
We need to rethink how we transport people and emphasize trains, metros and bikes much more strongly.
There'll always be a need for cars for a few use cases, and we should make those electric, but the much more important step is to greatly reduce our overall car use.
- awillen 4y agoThe problem is that getting people to use electric cars is a practical, doable thing, where greatly reducing our overall car use is vastly more difficult. Electric cars aren't a distraction, they're a big improvement to an existing system.
- the_third_wave 4y agoTrains weigh hundreds to thousands of tons [1] - a single passenger car (as in 'train car') weighs around 70 tons and carries around 60 people when fully occupied (which does not happen that often on longer hauls but occurs frequently on commuter lines). In the linked article an example is given of an Amtrak passenger train carrying 560 passengers with an empty weight of 1228 tons empty, 1278 tons loaded. While this example is skewed by the inclusion of 50% sleeper wagons (which carry fewer passengers) it does show trains are not a good comparison when talking about moving heavy boxes to carry passengers. [1] https://www.trainconductorhq.com/how-much-does-a-train-weigh/ https://www.trainconductorhq.com/how-much-does-a-train-weigh...