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The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.
https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive
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Electric cars are better than gasoline ones, but that subsidy money would have even better been spent on biking and transit.
Remember, cars are fundamentally unsustainable because they take up too much space and cause us to ruin our cities trying to fit them in. Electric cars don’t fix that. If you want to subsidize “EVs,” subsidize e-bikes.
Subsidies and train infrastructure have very little to do with one another in legislation. The objections are in different levels of government and areas. There’s very little chance that money from EV subsidies could go to public transit. I think we can do both, as we’ll still need cars for many many years to come as we hopefully transition to less car reliance.
Electric cars are better than gasoline ones, but that subsidy money would have even better been spent on biking and transit.
Remember, cars are fundamentally unsustainable because they take up too much space and cause us to ruin our cities trying to fit them in. Electric cars don’t fix that. If you want to subsidize “EVs,” subsidize e-bikes.
Subsidies and train infrastructure have very little to do with one another in legislation. The objections are in different levels of government and areas. There’s very little chance that money from EV subsidies could go to public transit. I think we can do both, as we’ll still need cars for many many years to come as we hopefully transition to less car reliance.