Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square570fedilinkarrow-up12.21Karrow-down1151
arrow-up12.05Karrow-down1image[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square570fedilink
minus-square6mementomori@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down16·2 years agobecause in lots of countries there is effectively no public transport culture existing, and car companies take advantage of that. it’s really just about car culture and taking advantage of people in my opinion
minus-squareberkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoIn some countries it’s also more efficient to drive.
minus-square6mementomori@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·2 years agothat’s just because public transportation wasn’t made to be as efficient
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because in lots of countries there is effectively no public transport culture existing, and car companies take advantage of that. it’s really just about car culture and taking advantage of people in my opinion
In some countries it’s also more efficient to drive.
that’s just because public transportation wasn’t made to be as efficient
So true.