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0 pointsok_dad3y ago0 comments

It’s almost as if we should invest in public transportation and try to reduce cars rather than make a train car for each individual!

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8jef3y ago· 3 in thread

But for people, in the same way as for parcels, power, cable, fiber-optic, there's the last mile problem. Europe has almost solved it with high speed trains and efficient city transit. Then, it solves nothing for all those folks living in rural areas and having to drive f-150s.

pm903y ago

> Then, it solves nothing for all those folks living in rural areas and having to drive f-150s.

Fortunately thats not a lot of people.

When electricity was being rolled out, Westinghouse and Edison didn’t bellyache about not being able to provide electricity to rural areas. They electrified all the cities.

Rural areas will just never be able to pay for modern infrastructure. And… thats ok, its not a lot of people.

JaimeThompson3y ago

Perhaps the urban areas should grow their own food?

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dlkf3y ago

I’m going to guess you don’t live in Europe? Plenty of cars here.

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