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[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 13 points 3 years ago (16 children)

Trains are great to connect cities. But a train trip for me will tipically take me will typically take 3 times longer than it would with a car. Last time I had to take the train/bus it took me 6 hours and had to change between 3 busses and 1 train. I could have done the whole trup in 2 hours, no changes and actually same price as I spent on fuel for my car.

And this is in Scandinavia where things run pretty smoothly!

I agree that within cities public transportation is great. But there are people who need cars no matter how many trains you set up or electrify. For us, EV is a good option (when they become more affordable)

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    This falls apart as soon as high-speed rail comes into play. I've done multiple train trips that outpace car trips primarily cause the train goes faster than the car.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Honestly no matter how fast the trains go, I won't get home faster than when I use my car. You may, and many others may. The train I have to use connects two major cities. That connection is fair I need to change to several busses though to get from door A to B and that messes things up.

    Trains are great if you live in the cities they go through but you can't gave trains go through all cities let alone villages

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (12 children)

    That's because your country has a shitty rail network.

    Before there were roads everywhere the car were not as practical.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No.. I trains are great to comment A and B. But If you don't live in A or B, the they are not great.. The train network is fair where I live and covers a lot of the country. But still not everyone can use them. The majority of people living in cities can though. It will never cover the needs of all

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    In my country, 30 years ago, there was a train station every two villages.

    French government built a crazy train network in the first half of the 20th century because it was the backbone of war logistics, and it allowed people to move. Cars and Europe made both these needs obsolete, so the rail network was abandoned.

    You don't need to go more than 2km to find a train station in my country, it's just that most are abandoned now.

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  • [+] -9 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    A car doesn't need a road that's the thing.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Yes it does. Even a dirt road is still a road. Debris free and compacted. You want to prove me wrong, try driving your car on farmland or through forest and see how far you get.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Oh, I did just that for many years while living in a countryside of a small country in Eastern Europe. Does that look like bloody road to you? Debree free and compacted?

    Trust me, you don't need roads for cars, any wide trail suitable for walking or horse riding will do. And there are more trails like that in the world than all the paved roads and railroads combined.

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