> I've said it before and I'll say it again To the same effect. Perhaps a real study on this issue would be more elucidating? > Banning gas/diesel cars gets

> I've said it before and I'll say it again To the same effect. Perhaps a real study on this issue would be more elucidating? > Banning gas/diesel cars gets there You've effectively ended farming and rural life. > is to heavily subsidize EVs The only reason you have to subsidize them is because they are not adequate replacements for ICE cars. Perhaps if they just made EVs better, people would _want_ them, and they wouldn't be _forced_ into buying them. > The only problem that self-driving cars will ever solve is where to put VC money in a zero interest rate world. People value their own time. Perhaps you don't, but it should rightfully be part of this equation. > I get that whole economies are built around producing/maintaining cars and related infra Yea.. because they are a good utility and serve a real purpose. We didn't decide to build cars, the market demanded them. It's always amazing to me that people will "say it over and over again" to no effect, yet walk past the fact that basic MPG fuel economy hasn't improved in 30 years. > like, on a species level. Or, take any account of exactly how bunker fuel oil shipping consumes.