Re:Elon Musk Had a Deal to Sell Tesla to Google in 2013
by jegutman on Monday April 20, 2015 @05:01PM
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Yes, similarly, nobody says an SUV that get 10 highway MPG are bad for road trips even though clocking 30,000 miles per year will cost an extra 3 thousand (and that's after the fall in gas prices) dollars per year over a 20mpg vehicle (which is still low).
After depreciation and gas, might be cheaper to rent a car for them too.
Yes, that is true. People will need different ways of commuting based on what their needs are.
> The problem I have with this argument is that is doesn't eliminate the problem, but merely removes it a step.
Also true, but what is the problem? Again, you need different ways of commuting based on what your needs are.
No one suggests taking cars everywhere. Some people like road trips, but many people fly when the distance is too far and their time too short.
Likewise people in New York take the subway, elsewhere people ride their bikes. No one suggests the fatal flaw with those is that you can't take them to the next state over. You just rent a car or take a bus, or do whatever, or, if you really need it, you pay a decent sum of money (in New York, at least) to keep a car in a parking space for when it is needed.
We're already in a no single size fits all situation, so it's not clear what the problem with that continuing is.