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> Wired has really fallen I mean maybe, but TFA is from Slate. Moreover, the article argues in favour of taxing the thing we want less of: weight. Weight means
by xethos 3y ago
> Wired has really fallen
I mean maybe, but TFA is from Slate. Moreover, the article argues in favour of taxing the thing we want less of: weight. Weight means more power required to start, more mass to change direction and stop, more materials required for the larger batteries, and more of a literal impact on pedestrians.
- ForestCritter 3y agoIt also often equates to safer vehicles. Crash safety matters.
- xethos 3y agoOnly to the people inside. Though per US crash regulations (until recently), anything and anyone else was literally an externality.