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Re:Reports of the death of California High-Speed Rail have b... by api on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @07:35AM (#43831144)
Cars employ more people.

A lot of the opposition you hear from EVs comes from the fact that they require less maintenance and upkeep and so they employ fewer people.

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Re:Reports of the death of California High-Speed Rail have b... by nayuki on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @03:49PM (#43837228)
Make-work is not a virtue - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window . People want transportation, not necessarily cars.

Cars also contribute to an immense amount of misery in society - the financial burden, being stuck in traffic, road expansions demolishing houses, noise and pollution, injuries.

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Re:Reports of the death of California High-Speed Rail have b... by api on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @06:42PM (#43838917)
I wasn't saying it was good, just pointing out a reason politicians support them. Jobs and tax base gets politicians elected.
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