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We can't do it on electric cars alone... we should have actually invested in high-speed rail for LA County, SD County, Orange County, San Francisco Bay Area, et
by diogenescynic 3y ago
We can't do it on electric cars alone... we should have actually invested in high-speed rail for LA County, SD County, Orange County, San Francisco Bay Area, etc. How much more saturated can the electric car market here realistically get? Seems like everyone who wants one has one and those who don't can't due to renting in an apartment building etc.
- CitrusFruits 3y agoWe did invest in one. Sadly the investment hasn't paid off and doesn't look like it will anytime soon, if at all.
- diogenescynic 3y agoThat was a scam though. All the money went to lawyers, consultants, and the usual grifters. Hardly anything was actually spend on construction and they started with the most useless leg of the rail. They should have done obvious ones like LA to SD, SF to Tahoe, etc. Every layer of government in this state is incompetent and over-spends intentionally because there is zero accountability as it's a one party state.
- fragmede 3y agono, your start with the most useless leg because it's cheaper to make all the mistakes there first, and learn from them, before fucking it up in downtown LA and SF where the cost of ducking up is much higher.
- diogenescynic 3y agoI disagree, the public tax payers want/need/deserve to see how this is going to benefit them--so make the first leg in places that will have the biggest impact. That would have actually increased support for it, rather than it becoming this boondoggle project that is ridiculed.