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The lives of my children are important
*eyes rising global average temperature*
You keep using that phrase, I do not think it means what you think it means.
The “race to the bottom” by getting bigger and bigger cars (which should also be much more heavily taxed, but aren’t).
Let’s make the cars much bigger then, so big that you can stand upright and walk through it! When they’re so big that it makes no sense for Joe Schmoe to drive it, let’s hire drivers for them. Since it makes no sense for every household to hire their own drivers, let’s pool all the houses in the neighbourhood to use the same Big Unit Suv. Since nobody needs to be in the same places at the same times, let’s run this Big Unit Suv on a schedule, where it’ll be at specific places in specific time frames. To speed it up a little, let’s redesign the doors to optimise for being able to get in and out quickly.
I just invented a bus, didn’t I?
Attach a few of those “buses” (lol such a silly name) together in line. And this - train? I dunno - long thing of “buses”, is so big, we should keep people who aren’t using this “train” (I’ll workshop that, so weird) from getting too close, maybe it runs in a specific kind of lane of its own!
I think this could work!
Nono, bigger cars are used to transport more important things, they should be subsidised.
The hit to society would be too great if we allowed all those fragile egos to shatter without their precious protective shells, consisting of multiple tons of gas-guzzling steel.
inb4 she runs over her own kids on the driveway because she can’t see them over the hood of that thing. (hopefully not though!)
Your children are important, the children they crush due to lack of visibility are not
If anyone doesn’t know Adam Something, his YouTube channel is fantastic. He frequently takes billionaire transportation dreams, breaks down why they’re stupid and impossible, then suggests some alterations to make it more practical. And the alterations inevitably turn it into a train.
Nothing screams safe like a solid unibody chassis with no crumple zones, a high center of gravity, terrible visibility and an ride height that forces pedestrians under the wheels in an impact. safe
The central turret position gives it pretty good visibility considering its size!
Joke’s on you, the Repulsor/Impulsor does not have wheels. It levitates.
Also jokes on you, the levitation technology used is described as cracking apart the ground as it moves, and would likely do far worse to a human body than regular ass wheels would.
Never said it wouldn’t hurt.
Tanks are pretty noticable to be fair. Pretty sure if I saw one on my block heading towards me I would see it.
But would you have time to move out of its way when it is traveling 60+ mph on the suburban stroads?
Anyone know how I can obtain an MRAP? I don’t trust these Yukon drivers and my kids are too important
Reminds me of this top gear episode https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cDoRmT0iRic&pp=ygURdG9wIGdlYXIgbWFyYXVkZXI%3D
At least the the repulsor has an eco-friendly power plant lit with the sacred flames of mars. Honestly better than a diesel.
That’s a lot of sacred CO2 though.
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