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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • undergroundoverground@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Because “better overall” is a silly concept to use here, and is bring deliberately done to “both sides” the debate.

    For driving really fast: petrol

    For not killing our planets ability to sustain himan life: electric

    Its not that hard

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      4 months ago

      Driving really fast is electric, still. Driving fast and quite far is not.

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      4 months ago

      The current pikes peak speed record is done with an electric car. Electric cars are quite good at speed as well.

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        4 months ago

        Eradicating personal vehicles is not feasible.

        Not owning a personal vehicle is only okay if you live in the heart of a city and don’t go outside of that little bubble. All other scenarios massively benefit from a personal vehicle; even going from one side of a city to another.

        • Not owning a personal vehicle is only okay if you live in the heart of a city …

          Like most people in the western world (and indeed likely in most of the world) do.

          … and don’t go outside of that little bubble.

          Because rental of smaller vehicle services (like taxis, etc.) is totally not a thing.

          The problem here is that you have the American disease (even if you’re not American). You’re so infused with the cultural insistence that there’s only one way to do things … the way things are done now … that you literally cannot conceive of a life without cars (or guns, or with public health care). Despite this being, you know, the norm for most of the world.

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            4 months ago

            Like most people in the western world (and indeed likely in most of the world) do.

            I’m going to have to see a source for this claim.

            I know the person has merit in their argument when they go on the personal attack. 👍

          • Semperverus@lemmy.world
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            4 months ago

            Im sorry but how else do you drive 2 hours into the middle of the woods where there are no other people around so you can get away from godawful society for a while if not owning your own car? Im certainly not going to pay someone else to drive me out to a favorite low/no traffic spot just to show everyone where it is and then ruin it.