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-square472fedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down157
arrow-up1688arrow-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-square472fedilink
minus-squarecomradePuffin@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTrains don’t need to be the miles long trains that you are probably thinking about. Streetcars worked just fine for Americans for decades, until the auto industry forced them to shut down.
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Trains don’t need to be the miles long trains that you are probably thinking about. Streetcars worked just fine for Americans for decades, until the auto industry forced them to shut down.