Re:In China, an electric car lifestyle
by WhompingWindows on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:24AM
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You're incorrect, you should consider all forms of electric transport - seems you're just referring to car ownership. If you're talking about scooters, bikes, mopeds, skateboards - those are all coming in at an affordable level and comparable to someone who needs a beater to get around town.
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Poor people generally can't afford to live within bike or moped or good transit distance to work.
A schoolteacher living in North Bend isn't going to moped 30 miles down a freeway to get to her workplace in Seattle.
Re:In China, an electric car lifestyle
by umeshunni on Monday February 25, 2019 @01:05PM
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But they can certainly hop on an electric bus (as some MetroKC buses are now)
And only have a 2 hour one-way commute!
As opposed to a 40 minute drive. It's truly a wonder that poor Americans aren't falling over head-over-heels to get on the non-automobile commute bandwagon. The bandwagon that either requires tripling their commute time, or living somewhere they can't afford.
In next week's discussion of the subject, we will look at the trade-offs of suggesting that the peasantry, when they lack bread, should turn to eating cake.