Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down13
arrow-up1111arrow-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.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square100linkfedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 years agoI don’t know a country as spread out as the U.S. that has practical rail in all rural areas. Certainly not Canada or China or India.
minus-squareutopianfiat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoCanada is carbrained like the US, but China and India actually have extremely profuse rail networks.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 years agoChina and India have vast rural areas with no trains.
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I don’t know a country as spread out as the U.S. that has practical rail in all rural areas. Certainly not Canada or China or India.
Canada is carbrained like the US, but China and India actually have extremely profuse rail networks.
China and India have vast rural areas with no trains.