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imagine if all the money used for AI went into giving every American citizen a car and free solar panels on their roofs
can you imagine all the people with shitty cars they can't afford to replace but still need? Because you do actually need a car in many places around the world. not everyone wants to stress themselves out by living in a city where personal space is a thing of the past
Fuck cars.
Importantly, they need to be economical, fuel-efficient cars. Ultimately, it would mean less gas spent over the next several years, and a reduction in the average size of cars on the road.
Hrmm...
Imagine if the Aptera were finally available, and also used its entire surface as photovoltaic...
And imagine they came out with a van model, in a more microbus format with ample storage/passenger space inside...
.... And while we're imagining, imagine it can do VTOL too... even zero-inertia propulsion, safe enough for a 2 year old to fly it home, and imagine it space worthy... and... no? Did I go too far? ... But I still had more to go.
fuck the gross people on public transit that literally piss on the seats
We could build public bathrooms and/or provide basic housing but that's socialism.
So the minority are the problem, right?
Okay. Then you should have an even bigger problem with the drivers who end up maiming and / or killing 100+ people daily in the US alone. Right?
Because physical harm is actually more inconvenient, right?
daily, that many? I doubt that
Your doubt is not numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year
Wikipedia is owned by the feds
A minority of people do need cars, but the vast majority should be fine with decent public transport.
Yup. I'm in that minority.
I need a car.
My car is broken.
I need a mechanic that wont leave it broken for months.
Cant go to the shops, cant go to my physiotherapy, cant go visit my sick grandmother, cant go pick up my medication, cant... on and on.
I'm fine with everybody having cars though. Not fine with them being all riddled with polluting fuel and rents, nerfed for profit (wealth extraction) maximisation. That holds us all back; that holds us all down. Would rather they be clean fueled and could fly safely. ... We've all seen Back To The Future Part II right? We're lagging. Overdue.
Majority of people need cars. public transit busses are disgusting, literally covered in piss and shit on the inside and I do mean literally
if you want to wallow in that, go right ahead
Yeah something tells me you're not actually riding busses that often. This isn't a thing in my literal third world country.
Was definitely a thing in my second world country some 12-13 years ago when I took public transit more often. Only in the city though. The trams and buses are warm and run all day long so if you're going to shit and piss your pants somewhere, might as well be a warm place?
Idk how the homeless situation is now in the capital though, I drive when I'm there these days. Rest of the country has cleaner buses and the trains are clean too.
Tell me you don't ride transit without telling me
Try most places in Europe, or Japan, or several other places...
Nice public transport is possible.
wow! so about 2% of the world has good public transit systems! and 99% of those are literally covered in shit and piss