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Re:Dual Antibacterial Properties of Copper-Coated Nanotextur... by bdamm on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @04:33AM (#40425597)
It will be laid by first understanding reality, which includes the enormous road network we have today and the social motivations to expand it. Just bleating about how great it would be if everyone used transit isn’t going to change a damn thing.

EVs are a solid and realistic step towards reducing our worst pollution problems. Widely available car sharing and autonomous vehicles would be a great solution to the last mile and even reducing the problem of so much space being used for parking, while improving the walkability of our cities. Look towards possibilities that can work, instead of clinging to models that can’t address the problems of today.

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Re:Dual Antibacterial Properties of Copper-Coated Nanotextur... by BenFranklin100 on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @10:52AM (#40429249)
Don’t be silly. EVs, ride shares, autonomous cars, etc.. are a poor transit solution within dense cities, where a significant if not overwhelming majority of car use occurs. These urban environments are ripe for cost effective, efficient mass transit solutions, such as the BRT system Mexico City recently implemented. They absolutely address the problems of today.
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Re:Dual Antibacterial Properties of Copper-Coated Nanotextur... by bdamm on Thursday May 23, 2024 @07:02PM (#40460925)
Dense cities are only one type of population center. There are suburbs all over the world, there are diverse forms of low population areas, and there are frontiers. The majority of car use is not in city cores, it is in the medium to low areas all over the world, which is by far the dominant land use pattern by area.
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