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> “It makes no sense, as there are other, riskier cars out there. Let me know if you recommend any insurer for the truck. I have eight cars with an amazing rec
by linotype 2y ago
> “It makes no sense, as there are other, riskier cars out there. Let me know if you recommend any insurer for the truck. I have eight cars with an amazing record. I will be canceling my entire Geico policy!! Bye-bye!”
Eight cars. Eight. Our planet (for humans anyway) is truly screwed.
- stonethrowaway 2y agoPersonal vehicles? Commercial vehicles? Small business?
- noduerme 2y agoWhat's the difference if someone has 8 cars or one car? He can only drive one at a time. And at least one is electric.
- linotype 2y agoResources to build them, for one.
- asadalt 2y agothey were likely paid for?
- linotype 2y agoyes, most vehicles are, that doesn’t eliminate the environmental impact.
- JimmyAustin 2y agoTLDR: If he buys a car a year, and drives the same number of miles as the average American, his total emissions are probably equal to someone who drives 28k miles a year. Carbon emissions for a Model 3 vs a Toyota Corolla even out after 13'500 miles according to Argonne National Laboratory [1], which is slightly less than the average an American drives per year (14'263 miles [2]). Assuming that he drives as much as the average driver, his cars generate as much Co2 as a Model 3 (definitely not true for the Cybertruck, but he probably has low-build-emission ICE cars in the other 8 to lower the average), and he buys a car a year, he has roughly the equivalent emissions of someone who drives twice the average number of miles each year. For reference, a long haul driver (of which there are 300k-500k in the US [3]) drives 100-110k miles [4] a year (7-8x the average). [1] https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/when-do-electric-vehicles-become-cleaner-than-gasoline-cars-2021-06-29/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/when-d... [2] https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/average-miles-driven-per-year/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20Americans%20drive%2014%2C263,to%20the%20Federal%20Highway%20Administration https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/average-miles-dri.... [3] https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/05/25/999784202/is-there-really-a-truck-driver-shortage#:~:text=The%20ATA%20says%20the%20real,long%2Dhaul%20truckers%20in%20America https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/05/25/999784202/is-t.... [4] https://www.caltrux.org/driver-faqs/#:~:text=Begin%20a%20Career%20as%20a,miles%20behind%20the%20wheel%20annually https://www.caltrux.org/driver-faqs/#:~:text=Begin%20a%20Car....
- maxerickson 2y agoTruck drivers are doing a commercial activity where it is reasonable to largely attribute the emissions to the customer.
- linotype 2y agoYes, those Americans driving on average 77 miles a day. Every day.
- anonCoffee 2y agoEach car will likely get used less under him, and then eventually sold/gifted to others at a discounted rate. Those cars will most likely get used through their useful lifespan without any more or less effect on the world than they would have otherwise.
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- meiraleal 2y ago> Each car will likely get used less under him It will for sure be used much more than if it didn't exist
- m463 2y agoAs folks get older, they usually become responsible for other people.
- linotype 2y agoYes, I’m sure the eight vehicles are for him, his wife and six driving age children. To all drive at the same time.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoYou don't know what the context for those registrations is. You just make assumptions.
- llamaimperative 2y agoEvery thought you have is an assumption, the question is how well-founded they are.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoGood luck basing your life on assumptions.
- JaimeThompson 2y agoAbsent things that are pure math isn't everything Humanity "knows" basically a series of, while highly supported by evidence in a lot of cases, just assumptions about the way things really work?
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoThere’s no pure math in making assumptions about someone’s registrations. In optimal situation one may ask a question. In suboptimal one has to give a benefit of the doubt. An example: lawyers don’t assume. Almost everyone else just assumes stuff. Assuming and not seeking for verification is why there’s so much disconnect between individuals.
- blendo 2y agoI’m imagining quite the redneck-y front yard.
- sokoloff 2y agoMy imagination does not have the person who bought a Cybertruck as their eighth car storing cars on their front yard.
- 1970-01-01 2y agoDo you not have 8 computers in your home that are capable of sending email, browsing the web, and doing taxes? Why do you have so many?
- linotype 2y agoEven if I did have 8 computers, which would be weird but OK, it’d be a fraction of the resources used to make one car.