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| ▲ | praptak 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| There's no incentive to find a better fuel as long as the price of oil doesn't have the externalities priced in. |
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| ▲ | saulpw 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Yes, and, the world would be better off if the price of oil were higher. We would produce less plastic crap and take fewer frivolous airplane trips and take more public transit. Our petroleum consumption is based on underpriced oil. |
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| ▲ | happysadpanda2 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This could be an argument for investing in more reliable/higher capacity public transit systems though. Which would also likely result in a fair increase in public health from moving a bit more and possibly less polluted air going in an out of the lungs of the populace. |
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| ▲ | drnick1 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | > This could be an argument for investing in more reliable/higher capacity public transit systems though. Public transit is impractical outside of big urban centers. And even there, it's nearly always a nasty experience. This is why people who can afford it still drive or use taxis in cities. |
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| ▲ | malfist 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > but we still haven't found a better fuel We have. It's electric. |
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| ▲ | mitthrowaway2 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| China makes them cheaply enough. |
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| ▲ | drnick1 7 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Software-on-wheels under the control of a foreign nation, what could go wrong? |
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