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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by megablast on Saturday November 21, 2020 @07:49PM (#25173894)
Except we need trucks. We don’t need private cars.
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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by chrismorgan on Sunday November 22, 2020 @04:36AM (#25176178)
A very substantial portion of truck freight in countries like Australia and the USA is inter-city—almost all, for larger semi-trailers and B-doubles. But for inter-city freight, rail is much cheaper than road, once you account for all costs, rather than allowing society and passenger cars to subsidise the roads for trucks.
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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by sagarm on Sunday November 22, 2020 @01:31PM (#25179705)
We need transportation networks for goods. Rail is at least one alternative.
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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by hallway_monitor on Sunday November 22, 2020 @12:28AM (#25175179)
Maybe you don't, don't assume to know my needs
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