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> Let's take Americans, for example, driving their cars to work. This is easily solved by switching to EVs. A small-size EV (perfect for personal transportatio
by cyberax 2y ago
> Let's take Americans, for example, driving their cars to work.
This is easily solved by switching to EVs. A small-size EV (perfect for personal transportation) is only slightly less CO2-efficient than rail ( https://ourworldindata.org/travel-carbon-footprint https://ourworldindata.org/travel-carbon-footprint ).
I wish the world would ditch public transit entirely. It's nothing but a misery generator. It's far better to switch to remote work and distributed cities.
- saagarjha 2y agoI unironically like public transport because someone else does the “driving” for me. I’m sure someone is going to explain how Waymo solves this but sitting on a train with my laptop and breakfast while I magically get teleported to my office is much nicer than even being in the back seat of a car.
- cyberax 2y ago> I magically get teleported to my office You work on a train station platform? My condolences. And indeed, self-driving will solve this. You'll be able to just step into a car, and get teleported to the door of your office. After stopping at your favorite coffee shop midway.
- saagarjha 2y agoIt doesn't, actually: there is no good place to work in a car. They don't have tables in them, and they accelerate both laterally and in the forward and back directions which makes most people carsick.
- VMG 2y agoPublic transit is not miserable everywhere. In Central European countries it can be quite enjoyable.