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0 pointsCydeWeys6y ago0 comments

No, once you don't need to drive it personally you can run a lot more errands, and thus will. See the linked article.

And look at how much more random stuff people buy when a click of a mouse gets it delivered to your house vs having to go to stores looking for it.

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BubRoss6y ago

If one car is going in a loop and delivering to lots of people it would be less time on the road than all the cars of the individual errands.

CydeWeysOP6y ago

This doesn't seem to be the world we're headed towards though. People like owning their own personal vehicles and aren't likely to give that up.

BubRoss6y ago

What are you basing that on? In dense cities with good transportation infrastructure people don't own cars nearly as much and the people that do own cars use them less.

I think you are confusing necessity with desire.

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0 pointsCydeWeys6y ago0 comments

No, once you don't need to drive it personally you can run a lot more errands, and thus will. See the linked article.

And look at how much more random stuff people buy when a click of a mouse gets it delivered to your house vs having to go to stores looking for it.

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BubRoss6y ago

If one car is going in a loop and delivering to lots of people it would be less time on the road than all the cars of the individual errands.

CydeWeysOP6y ago

This doesn't seem to be the world we're headed towards though. People like owning their own personal vehicles and aren't likely to give that up.

BubRoss6y ago

What are you basing that on? In dense cities with good transportation infrastructure people don't own cars nearly as much and the people that do own cars use them less.

I think you are confusing necessity with desire.

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