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Better railroads would be a far better solution. But I think getting there will take a lot of convincing in America. So much money has gone into road infrastruc
by starttoaster 3y ago
Better railroads would be a far better solution. But I think getting there will take a lot of convincing in America. So much money has gone into road infrastructure that I have to imagine there's a lot of sunk cost fallacy at play.
- ocdtrekkie 3y agoOh certainly, sunk cost, the industries entirely dependent on cars, etc. But we regularly have to rebuild those roads anyways, and how much money is being thrown away trying to make cars less awful? There's a rural cost/benefit that ensures we will never not need cars, probably. But I can't fathom why eight lane interstates exist. If we can justify that many lanes of road traffic, we can certainly replace six of them with a train. Self-driving trains? Easy. And no matter how hard you try, even the most efficient electric car will never end up greener than a train on a per user basis.