Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030
by JoshTriplett on Monday May 08, 2023 @06:44AM
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I said "arbitrary door to an arbitrary door", not "from a few blocks away from your starting point to a few blocks away from your destination".
> What about the scenario where public transit is actually decent?
I would love to have that world. My comment was making it clear that it's reasonable to not choose public transit while we don't have that world, and that it's reasonable to have high expectations on public transit rather than being willing to make do.
Yes, in a world in which we have public transit that is not any slower to use than cars are today, requires no additional walking, requires no additional hassle, and is clean and comfortable, many people will stop preferring cars.
> What about the scenario where public transit is actually decent?
I would love to have that world. My comment was making it clear that it's reasonable to not choose public transit while we don't have that world, and that it's reasonable to have high expectations on public transit rather than being willing to make do.
Yes, in a world in which we have public transit that is not any slower to use than cars are today, requires no additional walking, requires no additional hassle, and is clean and comfortable, many people will stop preferring cars.