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by Culonavirus 975 days ago
> the future is on buses and trains

Bikes? If you mean e-bikes and motorcycles then maybe. Buses and trains? No it's not and it will never be. This is a position only a green extremist would take.

A fucking horse is better than any of those methods of transportation. There are two crucial elements a car and a horse have in common:

The first element: You own it (or rent it) and you tell it when and where to go. The when and where part is crucial.

The second element: It has the capability of carrying not only you, but also an another person and cargo.

The only transportation devices that can do both of these things are a) cars, b) horses, c) bikes (kind of... two people and cargo on a bike would be pretty tough to do, let alone with any level of comfort).

The fundamental, unfixable problem with trains and buses is that you don't tell them when and where.

The future is in EVs or global warming. Personally I've had it up to * here * with all the green hypocrites so I say bring on the warming, let's fuck this place up if you don't want electric cars.

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> The fundamental, unfixable problem with trains and buses is that you don't tell them when and where.

A proper public transit network already goes to where you wan to go. You don't have to tell them.

> It has the capability of carrying not only you, but also an another person and cargo.

The vast majority of car rides are taken by a single person without significant cargo. Nobody is saying we should eviscerate all cars, but _most_ of the time, _most_ people that use cars in cities don't actually _need_ to use cars.