Lithuania is paying people to trade in polluting cars for escooters and ebikes

Re:Lithuania is paying people to trade in polluting cars for... by throwaway0a5e on Monday November 02, 2020 @08:53AM (#24968113)

So stop micromanaging what people build on their property and drive on the road and let the market decide. Get rid of zoning so people and build whatever they want and get rid of registration BS.

If someone pays money to register something it shouldn't be the state's concern whether it's a car or a fork lift, moped or a bike, as long as it fits in the lanes and has the right lights they should be able to drive it on any road on which they can keep up with traffic.

Nobody wants to do 40 on a moped on the interstate with traffic speeding by. Market solutions for both these problems have been proven to work well.

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Re:Lithuania is paying people to trade in polluting cars for... by ido on Monday November 02, 2020 @09:03AM (#24968200)

The market does not on itself account for externalities: it can be better for the individual to drive a car even if it's better for all the road's users collectively if as many people as possible took the bus or rode a bike (less congestion).

Likewise your personal air pollution doesn't make a perceptible difference but if everyone is driving cleaner vehicles it benefits everyone collectively with cleaner air (this was very noticable when e.g. Delhi required auto-rickshaws to convert to natural gas).

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