@[email protected] to Fuck [email protected]English • 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-square583fedilinkarrow-up12.21K
arrow-up12.05Kimage[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.world@[email protected] to Fuck [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square583fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoVehicles purchased might go down but vehicle miles traveled will go way up. The cost of driving will go down so there will be more mile driven and then there will be all the added trips of empty vehicles.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI don’t think the empty miles will be a huge factor, just the increase in total miles.
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Vehicles purchased might go down but vehicle miles traveled will go way up. The cost of driving will go down so there will be more mile driven and then there will be all the added trips of empty vehicles.
I don’t think the empty miles will be a huge factor, just the increase in total miles.