Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square234fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down14
arrow-up1166arrow-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.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square234fedilink
minus-squarenick26@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWe 100% need more trains. But in rural America, we need cars to do anything.
minus-squareutopianfiat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe frontier was built with trains. They did this 180 years ago. Why do we pretend that’s incompatible with rural areas in 2023?
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We 100% need more trains. But in rural America, we need cars to do anything.
The frontier was built with trains. They did this 180 years ago. Why do we pretend that’s incompatible with rural areas in 2023?