Dortmunds new trams were intentionally bought without AC (www1.wdr.de)

submitted 12 hours ago by 7bicycles@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

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The funniest argument and the reason I share this is that since the utilities company that provides the tram service has a ratified goal of becoming CO2-Neutral eventually, they've elected to not buy ACs since they'd consume about 7 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year and ACs aren't sustainable. I assume the 50°C tram is gonna be a big hit as per transportation in the upcoming summers.

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[-] Feed_el_Castro@hexbear.net 47 points 8 hours ago

Sustainable public transit at the expense of comfort is the most uneducated idea. The entire point is to reduce private vehicle use as much as possible, having AC on is worth it because it makes more people want to catch a tram instead of driving their car. Bunch of absolute clowns.