• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Okay, but point of order. Are there any poor people on that train? Cause if there’s poors on the train, I’ll take the $2B bumper-to-bumper concrete blasphemy instead.

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    24 days ago

    I like the comparison between the two car dependent panels being the ‘same picture’ meme, though the electric one should have a few extra columns to support the weight.

    Otherwise, 15/15 comic.

    • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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      24 days ago

      Electric car weight is trivial in comparison to heavy trucks, which roads are already constructed for. Electric trucks are another conversation, but currently are still restricted by the same gross weight limits that non electric trucks are, so there really isn’t any reason that there would be extra columns.

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        24 days ago

        I agree, though there are buses and trucks in those panels, and I’d hazard a guess that if the national fleet of vehicles went electric, the gross weight limits might get bumped up a touch.

        If I’m remembering right the United States federal limit is 80,000 gross, but there’s also a per axle specification. If electric long haulers started becoming more common, I could see the limits being bumped for the whole vehicle, while adding an extra axle or some such.

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    23 days ago

    Depending on where you live in the world it’s just not possible for some people to live in one of those idealist walkable cities do to systemic segregation. Can’t afford to live there but that particular area still needs workers. This ideal community is reserved for a certain class of people.