• TigrisMorte@kbin.social
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      8 months ago

      Most of US mass transit isn’t an option as the Gov. didn’t plan for it and have no intention of ever funding any but a token to assure workers have to pack lick sardines.

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        They won’t fund it because we aren’t a society, just a bunch of rugged individuals at each other’s throats over green paper scraps.

        • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

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            Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was ‘Oh no, not again’. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.

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      I would argue that moving to evs puts the cost burdens on companies and consumers where a functioning public transit system would cost a shit ton and only be able to occur by taxing people which people won’t vote for.

      Also when I went on a walk today while visiting my mother, I knocked on a neighbors door to let them know their hazard lights were on in the driveway. I didn’t want their battery to die so I went to door. They wouldn’t even open the door while clearly being able to see my mother standing behind me who lives a few doors down. I had to speak through the door to tell her. That older lady will never take public transit with all the fear we have engrained into the public.

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      I think combining both makes sense: Usually I use the bike or public transit to get around. But today I rented an EV from a local rideshare company (Skoda Enyaq iV80 4x4) because we had to move an entire rack of equipment between two cities for work.

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      8 months ago

      I can decide to buy an EV, and it will work with what I have available to give me essentially the same functionality as a gasoline car, but easier on the environment and more convenient to charge at home.

      Transit requires a majority of the population and political leaders to decide, huge amounts of money and many years. I have very little say in it happening and it won’t happen for years