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Re:The Netherlands is making moves to ban all non-electric v... by Houshalter on Monday April 18, 2016 @10:54AM (#11520356)
Self driving cars will almost certainly use much more energy than regular cars. It will reduce the cost of shipping by a lot, increasing the amount of things which are shipped. It will reduce the price of taxis a lot, so people will drive more. And it will make long commutes and road trips much more convenient.
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Re:The Netherlands is making moves to ban all non-electric v... by toomuchtodo on Monday April 18, 2016 @11:54AM (#11520889)
Maybe, but you're still limited by atoms not occupying the same physical space at the same time ("traffic", "congestion", etc).

There's limited road to use, so you'll still hit finite limits; if limits are reached, congestion charges will be used to bring demand inline with roadway supply.

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Re:The Netherlands is making moves to ban all non-electric v... by Heliosmaster on Monday April 18, 2016 @12:10PM (#11520998)
ideally the throughput of highway would be increasing with self-driving vehicles: no need for start/stopping when they can drive at optimum total velocity.
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Re:The Netherlands is making moves to ban all non-electric v... by agumonkey on Monday April 18, 2016 @01:01PM (#11521390)
Yes but the swinging hours pattern will melt since cars are now decoupled from humans cycle. Freeing a lot of pseudo-space.
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